despoilment
English
Etymology
despoil + -ment
Noun
despoilment (countable and uncountable, 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
Translations
act of plundering
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References
- despoilment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.