Definition of despoil

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

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Despoilment :: Despoilment (n.) Despoliation.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe..
Despoiler :: Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.
Direption :: Direption (n.) The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away..
Despoiling :: Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despoi.
Spoiler :: Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
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..
Spoliation :: Spoliate (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.
Despoil :: Despoil (n.) Spoil.
Despoiled :: Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoi.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
Depredate :: Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
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..
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