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

“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

A week after the spoliation motion, on April 25, the city and Marigold filed to settle the case.

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

But the application of any such rule now to roads already in operation would be spoliation pure and simple—spoliation as flagrant as any ever proposed by Karl Marx or Ben.

From Monopolies and the People by Cloud, D. C.