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    DESPOILMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The act of stripping and taking by forceplay

    Synonyms:

    despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("despoilment" is a kind of...):

    pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

    Derivation:

    despoil (destroy and strip of its possession)

    despoil (steal goods; take as spoils)

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