| 单词 | despoiler |
| 释义 | despoiler (once / 24936 pages) n WORD FAMILY despoiler: despoilers+/despoil: despoilation, despoiled, despoiler, despoiling, despoilment, despoils, despoliation USAGE EXAMPLESRevisionists have condemned them as racists, economic parasites, and despoilers of the land. Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of...(2001) In many quarters, loggers are still seen as despoilers of the land. Washington Times(Jan 28, 2016) Elsewhere, however, some homeowners’ associations banned the creature, deeming it a despoiler of property values. New York Times(Jun 23, 2015) n someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler Khayr ad-Din Barbary pirate (died in 1546) Jean LaffiteFrench pirate who aided the United States in the War of 1812 and received an official pardon for his crimes (1780-1826) Sir Henry Morgana Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West Indies for the English (1635-1688) Bartholomew Robertsa Welsh pirate credited with having taken more than 400 ships (1682-1722) Edward Thatchan English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation Barbary pirate, corsaira pirate along the Barbary Coast sea kinga Viking pirate chief stealer, thief a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
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