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What (who) is Despoil - definition

INDISCRIMINATE TAKING OF GOODS BY FORCE
Looter; Looters; Plunder; Pillage; Pillaging; War booty; Plundering; Rapine; Looted; Plunders; Despoil; Despoiled; Despoiling; Despoils; Despoiler; Pillagers; Pillages; War loot; Ransack; Spoils of victory; War looting; Booty (loot); Ransacking
  • The plundering of the [[Frankfurter Judengasse]], 22 August 1614.
  • Duke of Alba]], 2 October 1572.

despoil         
v. (formal) (D; tr.) to despoil of
despoil         
(despoils, despoiling, despoiled)
To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it. (FORMAL)
...people who despoil the countryside.
VERB: V n
despoil         
v. a.
1.
Strip, denude, divest, deprive, bereave.
2.
Rob, plunder, pillage, ravage, devastate, rifle, fleece.

Wikipedia

Looting

Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.

During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.

Examples of use of Despoil
1. Environmentalists have objected, saying doing so would despoil ecologically sensitive areas.
2. Urban sprawl will despoil the green Jerusalem Hills and deplete the inner city; urban renewal will lead to greater densification.
3. That means no more helping themselves to gold–plated pensions while they allow the Treasury to despoil everyone else‘s.
4. Often, it turns out, thieves are not discreet and love to relate how they despoil their stupid employer.
5. Farrakhan and, in effect, Wright, despoil the graves of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and, of course, their black colleague James Chaney.