despoliation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin dēspoliātiō, from dēspoliō. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === despoliation (countable and uncountable, plural despoliations) A stripping or plundering; spoliation. ==== Related terms ==== despoil === References === “despoliation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === depositional, optionalised