despoilment
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Noun
despoilment (plural despoilments)
- The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
- On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.
- 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
[edit] Translations
act of plundering
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[edit] References
- despoilment in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
