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Definition of 'spoliation'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) spoliation
(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

2. (noun) spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation
the act of stripping and taking by force

Definition of 'spoliation'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) spoliation
the act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation

2. (verb) spoliation
robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea

3. (verb) spoliation
the act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title

4. (verb) spoliation
a process for possession of a church in a spiritual court

5. (verb) spoliation
injury done to a document

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