despoil
verb
[ dɪˈspɔɪl ]
• steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder.
• "the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering"
Similar:
plunder,
pillage,
rob,
ravage,
harry,
maraud,
ravish,
rape,
raid,
ransack,
loot,
sack,
rifle,
devastate,
lay waste,
wreak havoc on,
vandalize,
destroy,
ruin,
wreck,
raze,
level,
annihilate,
gut,
depredate,
reave,
strip,
deprive,
dispossess,
denude,
divest,
relieve,
clean out,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French despoillier, from Latin despoliare ‘rob, plunder’ (from spolia ‘spoil’).
