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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In law, to commit waste or destruction, to the damage of another, as by depriving trees of their branches, lands of their trees, buildings, etc.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb (Law) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste.

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