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Definitions for: Despoil
[v] destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
[v] steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Webster (1913) Definition: De*spoil", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Despoiling.] [OF. despoiller, F. d['e]pouiller, L.
despoliare, despoliatum; de- + spoliare to strip, rob,
spolium spoil, booty. Cf. Spoil, Despoliation.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to
strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare, Despoiled is the
summer fair. --Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of
which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss.
--Milton.
Syn: To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
De*spoil", n.
Spoil. [Obs.] --Wolsey.
Synonyms: foray, loot, pillage, plunder, plunder, ransack, rape, reave, rifle, spoil, strip, violate
See Also: deplume, destroy, displume, ruin, take
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