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Despoil synonyms
dĭ-spoil'
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plunder
To take (property) by force or fraud
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  1. To take (property) by force or fraud
  2. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal:
  3. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage:
pillage
To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
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  1. To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
  2. To take spoils by force.
  3. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
maraud
To rove in search of plunder; make raids
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  1. To rove in search of plunder; make raids
  2. To rove and raid in search of plunder.
  3. To raid; plunder; pillage
depredate
To engage in plundering.
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  1. To engage in plundering.
  2. To ransack; plunder.
havoc
To destroy or pillage.
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  1. To destroy or pillage.
  2. (Obs.) To lay waste; devastate
loot
To take by force or without right; steal:
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  1. To take by force or without right; steal:
  2. To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder:
  3. To plunder; strip of valuables; despoil
pillage
To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
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  1. To deprive of money or property by violence; loot
  2. To take spoils by force.
  3. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; plunder.
plunder
To seize wrongfully or by force; steal:
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  1. To seize wrongfully or by force; steal:
  2. To take (property) by force or fraud
  3. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage:
ransack
To search thoroughly; examine every part of in searching
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  1. To search thoroughly; examine every part of in searching
  2. To go through (a place) stealing valuables and causing disarray; pillage:
  3. To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
rape
To use force or threat of force to compel (another person) to submit to sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration.
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  1. To use force or threat of force to compel (another person) to submit to sexual intercourse or other sexual penetration.
  2. In common law, the felony of a man having illegal sexual intercourse with a woman other than his wife, by force or with threat of violence and against her will; unlawful sexual act with an unwilling other, and usually involving threat of violence. In common law, the felony of a man having illegal sexual intercourse with a woman other than his wife, by force or with threat of violence and against her will; unlawful sexual act with an unwilling other, and usually involving threat of violence. to commit the act of forcible sexual intercourse.
  3. To plunder or pillage.
ravage
To bring heavy destruction on; devastate:
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  1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate:
  2. To destroy violently; ruin
  3. To pillage; sack:
sack
(Slang) To discharge from employment:
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  1. (Slang) To discharge from employment:
  2. To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
  3. (Football) To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.
spoliate
To rob, plunder, or despoil
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  1. To rob, plunder, or despoil
strip
To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
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  1. To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
  2. To cut or tear into strips.
  3. To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example).
harrow
(Archaic) To rob, plunder, or pillage
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  1. (Archaic) To rob, plunder, or pillage
  2. To break up and level (soil or land) with a harrow.
  3. To draw a harrow over (land)
spoil
(Archaic) To strip (a person) of goods, money, etc. by force
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  1. (Archaic) To strip (a person) of goods, money, etc. by force
  2. To rob; pillage; plunder
  3. (Archaic) To pillage; plunder
crimes (related)
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    Sentence Examples

    • He comes to despoil our beloved country.

    • In 1508 he helped to promote ha Y~ the league of Cambrai, formed to despoil Venice, but he soon returned to his former policy of waging war against France, and he continued to do this until peace was made in 15f6.

    • But the combination to despoil a feeble neighbor was outwitted by the energy of a military commander of a remarkable type.

    • It is characteristic of their native policy that they had not only refrained from aiding Vijayanagar in 1565, but had even been willing to despoil their Hindu allies.

    • Instead of weakening this aristocratic agitation by the see-saw policy of Catherine de Medici, Marie could invent no other device than to despoil the royal treasure by distributing places and money to the chiefs of both parties.

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