DESPOILERS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

despoilers

noun

plural of despoiler

as in robbers

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Noun

The robbers have ordered the victims to unlock their cellphones, and have fled on foot after taking the phones.

— Dylan Olsen, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
Police say the robbers took $50 from one of the chicken stand workers, and $60 from the other.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of robbers

Noun

Private corporations have long worked with the federal government to help disrupt cybercriminals, but largely as contractors fulfilling a support role, not digital saboteurs handed a target.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of saboteurs

Noun

The preseason finale against the Atlanta Falcons is days away, roster cuts are next Sunday, and the season opener at the Las Vegas raiders is three weeks away.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
Though the tomb raiders have been arrested, the total number of robberies is still unclear.

— Rylan DiGiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of raiders

Noun

Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
That is up from Politico’s report that Somali pirates had seized at least three tankers carrying oil and fertilizer since April, while a chemical-carrying ship was hijacked off Yemen in July.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of pirates

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