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Depredation :: Depredation (n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land..

Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe..

Despoiler :: Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.

Despoil :: Despoil (n.) Spoil.

Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.

Direption :: Direption (n.) The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away..

De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

Despoiled :: Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoi.

Despoilment :: Despoilment (n.) Despoliation.

Depredate :: Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.

Despoiling :: Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despoi.

Spoiler :: Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.

Spoliation :: Spoliate (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.

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