despoil.
To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
Meaning & usage
To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.
To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English despoylen, dispoylen, from Old French despoillier ( > French dépouiller), from Latin dēspoliō, dēspoliāre.
Plunder; spoliation.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English despoylle, dispoyll, from Old French despoille, despueille, deverbal from despoillier.
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