DESPOILMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does despoilment mean? 

• DESPOILMENT (noun)
  The noun DESPOILMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of stripping and taking by force

  Familiarity information: DESPOILMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DESPOILMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of stripping and taking by force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

despoilation; despoilment; despoliation; spoil; spoilation; spoliation

Hypernyms ("despoilment" is a kind of...):

pillage; pillaging; plundering (the act of stealing valuable things from a place)

Derivation:

despoil (destroy and strip of its possession)

despoil (steal goods; take as spoils)