spoliation

Etymology

From Latin spoliatio

Noun

spoliation (countable and uncountable, plural spoliations)

1. (archaic) The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery

   Synonyms: deprivation, despoliation

   • 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1:

     In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.

2. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
3. (law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.

References

• spoliation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• spoliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• isopointal, positional

Noun

spoliation f (plural spoliations)

1. spoliation