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despoliation

noun as in plunder

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Whenever we can appropriate without despoliation or loss, or without a damaging monopoly, we tie the people to the backgrounds.

Without this natural protection it became a land subject to constant attack and despoliation.

Then came war, despoliation, and a thrilling period of wandering.

Antoine de Vergy had done the work of despoliation thoroughly.

Besides this was the home of a prominent loyalist, protected from despoliation by high authority.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to despoliation, such as: depredation, destruction, pillage, piracy, and theft.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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