Dictionary entry

Spoliate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Spo″li‐ate (spō″lĭ‐āt), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Spoliated (–ā′tĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.Spoliating (–ā′tĭng).] [L. spoliatus, p. p. of spoliare to spoil. See Spoil, v. t.] To plunder; to pillage; to despoil; to rob.