Synonyms for spoliation
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Noun
1. Plundering — the action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property…
plundering, destruction, depredation, pillage, devastation, robbery, deprivation, ravage, sack, havoc, rapine, despoliation, despoilment, despoilation, spoilation, plunder, desolation, spoil dated, exspoliation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
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.
Related words
- Word family
- spoil spoilation spoliate
Forms
- Plural
- spoliations → plunderings, destructions, depredations, pillages…
Example sentences
- destruction They found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
- pillage France began to pillage Algeria in 1830.
- plundering Plundering with excessive damage and destruction.
- depredation The depredation of the courthouse was devastating.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| spoliation | steady | |
| destruction | steady | |
| pillage | rising | |
| plundering | steady | |
| depredation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- sack1
- 5 letters
- spoil1, havoc2
- 6 letters
- ravage2, rapine
- 7 letters
- robbery3, plunder2, pillage2
- 10 letters
- desolation4, plundering3, spoilation
- 11 letters
- destruction3, deprivation4, devastation4, depredation4, despoilment
- 12 letters
- despoliation, despoilation, exspoliation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (havoc2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- spoliation
- Italiano
- spoliazione