- spoliate
- transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin spoliatus, past participle of spoliare Date: circa 1727 despoil • spoliator noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Spoliate — Spo li*ate (sp[=o] l[i^]*[=a]t), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Spoliated} ( [=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoliating} ( [=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare to spoil. See {Spoil}, v. t.] To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spoliate — I index pirate (take by violence) II index despoil, harry (plunder), loot, pillage … Law dictionary
spoliate — despoil, *ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage Analogous words: *rob, plunder, rifle, loot: defraud, swindle, *cheat … New Dictionary of Synonyms
spoliate — [spō′lē āt΄] vt. spoliated, spoliating [back form. < SPOLIATION] to rob, plunder, or despoil … English World dictionary
spoliate — spoliator, n. /spoh lee ayt /, v.t., v.i., spoliated, spoliating. to plunder, rob, or ruin. [1715 25; < L spoliatus, ptp. of spoliare to spoil. See SPOIL, ATE1] * * * … Universalium
spoliate — Synonyms and related words: depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, sweep, waste … Moby Thesaurus
spoliate — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack2, strip1. Archaic: harrow, spoil. See CRIMES, GIVE … English dictionary for students
spoliate — spo·li·ate || spəʊlɪeɪt v. plunder, pillage, rob; destroy, ruin … English contemporary dictionary
spoliate — v. a. Rob, plunder, spoil, despoil, destroy, pillage … New dictionary of synonyms
spoliate — v 1. plunder, rob, despoil, Archaic. spoil, pillage, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, depredate; ransack, sack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle; raid, foray, forage, prey on or upon. 2. devastate, lay waste, desolate, wreak havoc … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
