despoil

despoil

verb

Definition of DESPOIL

to search through with the intent of committing robbery <the burglars despoiled the art museum in search of treasures they thought they could sell to a fence>

Synonyms despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack

Related Words break in, burglarize, rip off, steal (from); comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummage; harry, raid; ravish