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spoliation
1) a plundering; 2) a damaging, spoiling
Rape, murder, and spoliation by undisciplined troops were apparently commonplace in the Thirty Years War.
Related English words: despoil (to rob, plunder), despoiler, despoilment, despoliation, spoliator
Latin root words: spoliatio, spoliationis, f. - a robbing, plundering, stripping; spoliator, spoliatoris, m. - robber, plunderer; spolium, spoli, n. - hide or skin stripped from an animal; weapons stripped from a man; plunder taken from an enemy; spolio, spoliare, spoliavi, spoliatus - to rob, plunder; to strip, uncover, unclothe
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