Dictionary Definition
despoilment n : the act of stripping and taking
by force [syn: spoil,
spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoliation]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
Quotations
- 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
- On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.