spoliate
/ˈspəʊlɪeɪt
/verb [with object] formal
Rob of something; plunder: the slogan was purely a cover to spoliate ecclesiastical endowments...
- The problem with many of these cases is the evidence is spoliated at such an early date.
- Bonaparte was spoliating the Pope.
- To confiscate this property would be to spoliate the laity.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Latin spoliat- 'spoilt', from the verb spoliare 'strip, deprive'.
- phosphoroscope
- phosphorous
- phosphorous acid
- phosphorous anhydride
- phosphor-roesslerite
- phosphorrösslerite
- phosphor tin
- phosphorus
- phosphorus bomb
- phosphorus bottle
- phosphorus box
- phosphorus lamp
- phosphorus necrosis
- phosphorus oxychloride
- phosphorus paste
- phosphorus pentachloride
- juvenility
- juvenilize
- Juventud, Isla de la
- juvie
- juxtaglomerular
- juxtapose
- juxtaposition
- juxtapositional
- Juárez, Benito Pablo