despoiler

de·spoil

D0164000 (dĭ-spoil′)tr.v. de·spoiled, de·spoil·ing, de·spoils 1. To deprive of something valuable, especially by force; rob: The invaders despoiled the town of its art treasures. He was despoiled of his inheritance by crooked lawyers.2. To ruin, especially by destroying or removing what is valuable: "a landscape that had been raped and despoiled by coal mining" (George Black).

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

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de·spoil′er n.de·spoil′ment n.

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Noun

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despoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoilerwar, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationstealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

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