despoilment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoilment
Noun
  • Sacramento County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday afternoon were looking for suspects involved in an apparent smash-and-grab style robbery at a jewelry store in Arden Arcade.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2025
  • Shootings, robberies and burglaries all fell last year, according to the latest data from police.
    Sarah Nelson, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • From Central America to West Africa, Greece to Indonesia, Clapp serves up a stirring picture of the deliberate and surprisingly profitable despoliation of one half of the planet by the other.
    Ian Volner, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • For that reason, the Abraham Accords lie in tatters - a despoliation very deliberately aimed at by Iran and Hamas via October 7.
    Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • California was also a land of plunder, a place where rampant capitalism had merged with unrealistic fantasy.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • At the Jeu de Paume museum, Valland took many risks to safeguard its treasures and record the massive plunder of artwork across France.
    Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 18 June 2025
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“Despoilment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoilment. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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