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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spoliation \Spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. spoliatio; cf F. spoliation.
See {Spoil}, v. t.]
1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of
the community in order to corrupt the remainder.
--Sir G. C.
Lewis.
2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act
or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
3. (Eccl. Law)
a The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his
benefice without right but under a pretended title.
--Blackstone.
b A process for possession of a church in a spiritual
court.
4. (Law) Injury done to a document.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spoliation
n : the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: {spoil}, {spoilation},
{despoliation}, {despoilment}]
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