spoliation

/ˈspoʊliˌeɪʃən/
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Other forms: spoliations

Definitions of spoliation
  1. noun
    the act of stripping and taking by force
    synonyms: despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation
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    type of:
    pillage, pillaging, plundering
    the act of stealing valuable things from a place
  2. noun
    (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
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    type of:
    destruction, devastation
    the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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