spoliation

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noun

Plural noun:

spoliations

1.
(archaic, uncountable)The action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.
Đồng nghĩa: deprivation, despoliation, exspoliation, plundering, rapine, spoil
2.
(broadly, uncountable)The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
3.
(broadly, historical, uncountable)The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
4.
(broadly, countable, historical)A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
5.
(broadly, uncountable)The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
6.
(broadly, uncountable)The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
Spoliation of Jewish property by Nazi authorities occurred on a large scale during World War II.
7.
(broadly, historical, uncountable)The government-sanctioned action or practice of plundering neutral ships at sea; (countable) an instance of this.

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Đồng nghĩa

deprivationdespoliationexspoliationplundering rapine spoil

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writ of spoliation

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ine-pro From Late Middle English spoliacioun, from spoliacioun, espolïacion, and directly from their etymon spoliātiō (plundering, robbing), from spoliāre, from spolium. The English word was probably also influenced by spoliation.