5 definitions found for Spoliate

Spoliate SPOLIATE, v.t. [L.] To plunder; to pillage.
SPOLIATE, v.i. To practice plunder; to commit robbery. In time of war, rapacious men are let loose to spoliate on commerce.

spoliate transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Latin spoliatus, past participle of spoliare Date: circa 1727 despoil • spoliator noun

Spoliate Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoliating.] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare spoil. See Spoil, v. t.] To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.

spoliate v. a. Rob, plunder, spoil, despoil, destroy, pillage.

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "spoliate": depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, sweep, waste