spoliation

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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

“The City’s conduct cannot be excused as ‘imperfect document management;’ ... its ‘explanation’ for its admitted spoliation is unconvincing to say the least.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The phone’s data was then wiped, city officials have acknowledged, according to Marigold’s April 18 spoliation motion.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

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

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

The prosecutions of Albi caused general terror, for the victims were universally thought to be good Catholics, selected for spoliation on account of their wealth.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles