Despoliation: alternatives and connections

The act of pillaging; robbery.

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of Pillage

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of Plunder

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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Despoliation.

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.