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spoliation
DEFINITIONS OF:
spoliation
1
n
the act of stripping and taking by force
Synonyms:
despoilation
,
despoilment
,
despoliation
,
spoil
,
spoilation
Type of:
pillage
,
pillaging
,
plundering
the act of stealing valuable things from a place
n
(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
Type of:
destruction
,
devastation
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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