Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
despoil verb
/dɪˈspɔɪl/
/ˌdiː-/ v [T] formal
/ˌdiː-/ v [T] formal to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force
Many of the tombs had been despoiled.
(Definition of despoil verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
