despoiler

noun

Definition of despoilernext
1
as in robber

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as in saboteur

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoiler
  1. robber
  2. saboteur
  3. marauder
  4. waster
  5. raider
  6. wrecker
  7. looter
  8. destroyer
Noun
  • An armed robber from Brooklyn named David Brumetti opened another hole in the prosecution case.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • Police identified the robber as Best after a teller gave a description of the robber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2026
Definition of robber
Noun
  • But no regime, no spies, no saboteurs have yet matched the damage that America’s own president did tonight.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
  • Keep your paltry pocket lighters sheathed, would-be saboteurs.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of saboteur
Noun
  • This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Definition of marauder
Noun
  • The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
  • The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 22 Apr. 2026
Definition of waster
Noun
  • Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of raider
Noun
  • Dallas’ front office believed in Johnson’s potential to be a defensive game-wrecker who can guard one through five and protect the basket.
    — Christian Clark, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
Definition of wrecker
Noun
  • If the idea of a Splatoon looter-shooter appeals to you, then Splatoon Raiders should be on your radar.
    — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The looter’s story only came to light thanks to Bradley Gordon, an American lawyer based in Cambodia who has spent much of the last 14 years investigating the plunder of Khmer cultural heritage.
    — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Definition of looter
Noun
  • Built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Mississippi, the vessel is the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer produced at the facility.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • Kobbie Mainoo will continue as a mainstay of United’s midfield next season, but the 21-year-old is not the profile of a midfield destroyer who will break up the play in the manner that Casemiro was accustomed to.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of destroyer
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