different between spoliation vs despoilment

English

Etymology

From Latin spoliatio.

Noun

spoliation (countable and uncountable, plural spoliations)

1. (archaic) The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery

   Synonyms: deprivation, despoliation

   • 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch. 1:

     In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false pretences of all sorts, there are influences that can never come to good.

2. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
3. (law) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.

Derived terms

• writ of spoliation

Related terms

• despoil
• despolation
• spoil
• spoliate
• spoliative
• spoliator
• spoliatory
• spolium

Translations

References

• spoliation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• spoliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• isopointal, positional

French

Pronunciation

Noun

spoliation f (plural spoliations)

1. spoliation

English

Etymology

despoil +? -ment

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
   • 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value

     On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

Translations

References

• despoilment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.