despoilment
/dɪˈspɔɪlmənt/
noun
- The act or process of stealing or violently taking valuable possessions; plundering.
- Historians wrote about the despoilment of the temple during the invasion.
- The treaty aimed to prevent the despoilment of cultural heritage sites.
- The despoilment of the forest by illegal loggers angered the local community.
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