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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPOLIATE

Spo "li *ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated; p. pr. & vb. n.Spoliating.] Etym: [L. spoliatus, p.p. of spoliare spoil. See Spoil, v. t.]

 

Defn: To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.