despoliation

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But he had suffered much both in his pride and his purse at the hands of the Brooklyn inventor; and such despoliation is not a reliable basis for sympathy.

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  • Another despoliation of the landscape by Ontario's allegedly green government: —  David Frum
  • The democratic aspirations of the Lebanese and Palestinian people are troubling to western governments - who are funded by the corporations which profit from the despoliation of the Middle East - hence they would rather attempt to censure the truth than allow the public have a full understanding of the situation. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • "The consequences are tragic," says James, "the loss of self-reliance and a sense of well-being, the despoliation of their land, and the destruction of the knowledge and values that have allowed them to live on it sustainably for countless generations." —  Indymedia Ireland
  • We should all be concerned about environmental despoliation and pollution, but the global warming crusade has become a hallucinatory cult. —  The AnarchAngel
  • As for the public, oiled sea otters in Prince William Sound became the symbol of despoliation of a pristine environment by man-made industrial action and a reminder that we need to be vigilant. —  AlaskaJournal.com | Statewide Business News for the Last Frontier
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  1. Late Latin dēspoliātiō, dēspoliātiōn-, from Latin dēspoliātus, past participle of dēspoliāre, to despoil; see despoil.

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  1. from Old French despoliation, from Late Latin despoliatio(n-), from Latin despoliare, past participle despoliatus, despoil: see despoil, v.
 

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