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单词 spoliate
释义

Definition of spoliate in English:

spoliate

verb ˈspəʊlɪeɪt
[with object]formal

  • Rob of something; plunder.

    the slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The problem with many of these cases is the evidence is spoliated at such an early date.
    • To confiscate this property would be to spoliate the laity.
    • The claimant has reason to believe that named family members had bank accounts spoliated in France during the war and not restored after the war.
    • Bonaparte was spoliating the Pope.
    • I do mind spoliating education by applying money less efficiently where it might be applied more efficiently.
    Synonyms
    pillage, loot, rob, raid, ransack, strip, fleece, ravage, lay waste, devastate, maraud, sack, rape

Origin

Early 18th century: from Latin spoliat- 'spoilt', from the verb spoliare 'strip, deprive'.

 
 
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