Spoliate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 Webster]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoliate":
     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