spoliate

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Other crypts were discovered, but these had evidently been spoliated.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

There were yams in the spoliated gardens; there were grapes, and pomegranates, and quinces, and melons, and pears, and peaches, and apples; and with all these was our repast garnished.

From The Scalp Hunters by Stewart, F.A.

The Magyar nobles were now systematically spoliated on trumped-up charges of treason; hundreds of them were ruined.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

His generosity to poor students was well known; but he could afford to be liberal, as his share of spoliated Church property had made him one of the wealthiest men in Denmark.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Charles had never shown undue respect for ecclesiastical property in Spain, and had on more than one occasion spoliated the Church for his own purposes.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp