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spoliation

/spoh-lee-ey-shuhn/US // ˌspoʊ liˈeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌspəʊlɪˈeɪʃən) //

疏散,损毁,侵占,破产

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or an instance of plundering or despoiling.
    • : authorized plundering of neutrals at sea in time of war.
    • : Law. the destruction or material alteration of a bill of exchange, will, or the like.
    • : the act of spoiling or damaging something.

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Examples

  • The whole history of human civilization was denounced as an unredeemed record of the spoliation of the weak by the strong.

  • It was resigned to the Spanish governmental system of spoliation, and no one thought of reforms.

  • Having led in the first place to the adornment of their sepulchres, it ultimately caused their destruction and spoliation.

  • Before long, however, the acts of violence and the spoliation effected by the decrees of the assembly roused widespread disgust.

  • Such a spoliation of the Church had not before taken place in any country of Europe.