Synonyms of the word

despoliation

• n. A stripping or plundering; spoliation.

despoilment

• n. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.

pillage

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
• n. The spoils of war.
• n. The act of pillaging.

pillaging

• v. present participle of pillage.

plundering

• v. present participle of plunder.
• n. The act of one who plunders; pillaging or looting; plunder.

spoil

• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
• v. (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
• v. (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
• v. (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
• v. (transitive) To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
• v. (transitive) To reveal the ending of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
• n. (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
• n. (uncountable) Material (such as rock or earth) removed in the course of an excavation, or in mining or…

spoliation

• n. The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
• n. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals…
• n. (law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary…