Spoliation Definition

spōlē-āshən
noun
A spoliating or being spoliated; robbery; plundering.
Webster's New World
The act of spoiling or damaging.
Webster's New World
Seizure of neutral vessels at sea by a belligerent power in time of war.
American Heritage
The destruction or alteration of a document by an unauthorized person.
Webster's New World
The intentional destruction, mutilation, concealment, or alteration of (usually documentary) evidence. If proven, spoliation may help to establish that the evidence was detrimental to the party responsible for it.
Webster's New World Law
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Other Word Forms of Spoliation

Noun

Singular:
spoliation
Plural:
spoliations

Origin of Spoliation

  • Middle English spoliacioun from Anglo-Norman from Latin spoliātiō spoliātiōn- from spoliātus past participle of spoliāre to despoil spoil

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin spoliatio

    From Wiktionary

Spoliation Sentence Examples

  • Even now the work of spoliation was not complete.

  • Her practical sense showed her the necessity of submitting to spoliation when she was overpowered.

  • On his return he found both his parents dead, and was appointed the guardian of his eleven young brothers and sisters, in which capacity, profiting by the spoliation of the church, he accumulated immense riches.

  • Only the Temple records recall the spoliation of the sanctuary of Jerusalem, and traditions of Jeroboam I.

  • Already it had been robbed of many of its works of art, among them the Athena Promachos and the Parthenos of Pheidias, for the adornment of Constantinople, and further spoliation took place when the church of St Sophia was built in A.D.

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SSPSPO

Words Ending With

NONION

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