tr.v., -spoiled, -spoil·ing, -spoils.

1. To sack; plunder.
2. To deprive of something valuable by force; rob: a region despoiled of its scenic beauty by unchecked development.

[Middle English despoilen, from Old French despoillier, from Latin dēspoliāre : dē-, de- + spoliāre, to plunder (from spolium, booty).]

despoiler de·spoil'er n.
despoilment de·spoil'ment n.

verb

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

v

Definition: ravage, destroy
Antonyms: build, construct, improve

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: steal goods; take as spoils
  Synonyms: plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

Meaning #2: destroy and strip of its possession
  Synonyms: rape, spoil, violate, plunder

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plyndre for

Nederlands (Dutch)
plunderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - dépouiller, spolier de, piller (pays)

Deutsch (German)
v. - plündern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λεηλατώ, καταληστεύω

Italiano (Italian)
saccheggiare, svaligiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - saquear, espoliar

Русский (Russian)
грабить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - despojar, saquear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - beröva, utplundra

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
夺取, 掠夺

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 奪取, 掠奪

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 박탈하다, (자연 등을) 훼손하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - …から奪い去る, 略奪する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينهب مكان قيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שדד, בזז‬

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