spoliation

Example Sentences

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Tate director Maria Balshaw said it was "a profound privilege to help reunite this work with its rightful heirs" and that she was "delighted to see the spoliation process working successfully to make this happen".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

City Attorney Ann Davison’s office responded with court filings of its own this week, accusing some of the plaintiffs of spoliation themselves by deleting their own texts about CHOP.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Other counts mentioned in the suit include negligence and negligence per see, intentional spoliation of evidence, negligent entrustment of chattel, negligent hiring, training and supervision and more.

From Fox News • Feb. 7, 2022

From all parts of the Republic we learn that the people have become aroused on this subject, that they have discovered gold to be a standard, not of valuation, but of spoliation and confiscation.

From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by Jones, John P. (John Percival)