Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun despoliation

1 sense of despoliation

Sense 1
spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation -- (the act of stripping and taking by force)
       => plundering, pillage, pillaging -- (the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors")