spoliated

Definition of spoliatednext
past tense of spoliate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliated
Verb
  • The area has been plundered for centuries.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • What’s the reward for being the most productively plundered of the mid-majors?
    Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Shortly after the collapse of Hussein’s ruling party, crowds looted government offices and cultural sites.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
  • YggTorrent has since confirmed the hacker looted sensitive data, including user passwords.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
    Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
    KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT, Kansas City Star, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Athens then destroyed Melos and launched the Sicily Expedition with overwhelming force and no coherent theory of governance for what came next.
    Farah N. Jan, The Conversation, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The group inside the building ransacked the furniture and at least one person appeared to steal a package before sirens were heard and people rushed back outside.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Ben goes into Bailey’s room, which looks like someone just ransacked it, looking for a monster hiding under the bed that wasn’t there.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • North Texas — whose roster was pillaged in the portal and saw its top players leave for Oklahoma State alongside former head coach Eric Morris — have signed 42 transfers.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • In a landscape of sequels and overly pillaged IP, the Stranger Things finale is finite and close-ended, the credits rolling once and for all.
    Yohana Desta, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The documents show that after being sacked, Mandelson asked for a $732,000 payoff, the rest of his four-year salary.
    JILL LAWLESS AND BRIAN MELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
  • He was sacked 55 times, tying for the league high.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Why the mistake should have ruined your day, Miss Manners cannot guess.
    Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Spoliated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliated. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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