despoil /dɪˈspɔɪl/verb 3noun 1forms 3 verb3 •To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.a law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled — 1849 •To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.The Earl of March, following the plain path which his father had trodden out, despoiled Henry the father, and Edward the son, both of their lives and kingdom. — 1614 •[with oneself] (no longer used) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress. noun1 •(no longer used) Plunder; spoliation.’Tis done;—despoil and desolation / O’er Rylstone’s fair domain have blown; […] — 1815 formsdespoiled · despoiling · despoils
