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despoil
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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 ransack, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sackRelated Words break in, burglarize, rip off, steal (from); comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummage; harry, raid; ravish
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