spoliate

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spoliate

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From Latin spoliātus, perfect passive participle of spoliō (“plunder, pillage, rob”).

verb spoliates · spoliating · spoliated

obsolete, transitive To plunder
Similar: pillage, despoil, rob
intransitive, obsolete To engage in robbery; to plunder.

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verb To engage in robbery; to plunder

Español	expoliar, espoliar

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@misc{spoliate_2026,
  title = {spoliate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/spoliate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}