spoliation

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English spoliacioun (“looting, robbery, theft; an instance of this; (ecclesiastical) wrongful deprivation of the emoluments of a benefice due to another”), from Anglo-Norman spoliacioun, espolïacion, and directly from their etymon spoliātiō (“plundering, robbing”), from spoliāre (“to deprive or strip of clothing or covering, unclothe, uncover; (by extension) to pillage, plunder; etc.”), from spolium (“hide or skin stripped off an animal; (by extension) booty, spoil; etc.”). The English word was probably also influenced by French spoliation. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spəʊliˈeɪʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /spoʊliˈeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: spol‧i‧a‧tion === Noun === spoliation (countable and uncountable, plural spoliations) (uncountable, archaic) The action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure. Synonyms: deprivation, despoliation, (obsolete) exspoliation, plundering, rapine, (archaic) spoil (by extension) (uncountable) The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin. (Christianity, ecclesiastical, chiefly historical) (uncountable) The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice. (countable, law) A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice. (law) (uncountable) The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value. (international law, uncountable) The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this. (nautical, historical, uncountable) The government-sanctioned action or practice of plundering neutral ships at sea; (countable) an instance of this. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with spoilation (“spoiling or ruining, destruction”). ==== Derived terms ==== writ of spoliation ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === looting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tampering with evidence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia spoliation (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “spoliation”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “spoliation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === isopointal, positional == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin spoliātiō (“plundering, robbing”). By surface analysis, spolier +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /spɔ.lja.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === spoliation f (plural spoliations) spoliation ==== Related terms ==== dépouiller === Further reading === “spoliation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012