despoliation

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Recent Examples of despoliation On social media, Tan was pugilistic to the point of belligerence, casting his political enemies as corrupt malefactors responsible for the despoliation of his beloved city. Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025 In the face of such extensive despoliation, grassroots opposition has emerged. Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025 The two latest examples of that despoliation are the Regina Bypass, an expensive highway completed in 2019, and the Global Transportation Hub, an expensive logistics center (canada’s premier inland port) built in 2009. Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 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 Landscape exists to register ideas, like dispossession or despoliation, but not feelings. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023 Related Christopher Ciccone watched from the Radio City green room, thinking of his father and grandmother, who, like millions of other TV viewers, would see the show at home and be stunned by what appeared to be the on-air despoliation of a bride — by herself. Mary Gabriel, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for despoliation
Noun
  • Federal wildlife agents confirmed the two depredation events, which took place Friday and Saturday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Despite years of sitting on the sidelines, the United States has an opportunity to reassert itself in seeking to end the depredations of the junta and advance the cause of democracy in Myanmar.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other times, the mob leaned on more traditional crime tactics — robbery, extortion and assault, including a punch to one victim’s face — to force the card players to pay.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Böcker, the firm that manufactured the furniture lift apparently used in the audacious robbery, has taken to social media to show there is no such thing as bad publicity.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The discovery has sparked discussions about the ethical considerations of such finds, including concerns about potential looting.
    Real-Time news team, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Casualties among Gaza’s police force during the two-year conflict have contributed to a deterioration in security, with looting of aid becoming commonplace.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • First, the marauding, overlapping wing-backs drag markers away with decoy runs, opening up lanes for the attacking midfielders to exploit.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • As an alliance grew between senators and financial powers, public figures began profiting from real-estate speculation, slave trading, and overseas plunder—while masking their involvement.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Reparations, long proposed as the only measure proportionate to the scale of racial plunder, look increasingly like a political, economic, and legal non-starter.
    Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025

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“Despoliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/despoliation. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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