spoliation

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Recent Examples of spoliation The spoliation inference becomes a presumption of guilt that's incredibly challenging to overcome. Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025 Last Friday, Damien Marshall and other King & Spalding attorneys on behalf of MSG filed a memorandum of law in opposition to Oakley’s motion for what are known as spoliation sanctions, meaning a punishment for failure to preserve relevant evidence. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 May 2025 An attorney who allows a client to continue using their phone risks spoliation as normal usage can overwrite or erase crucial data. Lars Daniel, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 That amounts to spoliation, the defense claims, and should result in the dismissal of the charges against Trump. Perry Stein, Washington Post, 30 June 2024 The West should also prepare for a Russia that inflicts even greater spoliation on a global scale—but not drive it to do so. Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024 Epic filed a motion to sanction Google for alleged spoliation of evidence in October. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoliation
Noun
  • This is due in part to the high level of predation that Upper-Peninsula whitetails face compared to their southern counterparts, which don’t have wolves to worry about.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
  • On the flip side, uncontrolled access also left them at risk of disease and parasites and increased the likelihood of death or injury as a result of traffic or predation.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Much of Russian research never fully recovered from the depredations of the Stalin era.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The pack consists of up to 15 wolves of various ages roaming federal public land near an active cattle grazing allotment, where many of the depredation incidents took place, according the memo.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The antifa movement was often blamed by police for the violence and looting that occurred in the aftermath of the murder.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Sewer workers discovered a 2,300-year-old tomb containing ceramic artifacts and showing signs of ancient looting.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Vikings, for example, used the extra daylight to sneak in a longer pillage sesh.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 19 June 2025
  • Otherwise, illicit actors will continue to profit from their pillage.
    Justyna Gudzowska, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Well, there’s this band of down-on-their-luck pirates, see, drawn to the scent of plunder and rousing dance numbers, coming together in another Citadel outdoor summer extravaganza full of music and fun for the whole family, according to the Citadel website.
    Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 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
  • These have included sabotage of key infrastructure, arson, and assassination attempts against European defense executives.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That means submitting a generic résumé is essentially career sabotage.
    Jill Schulman, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Spoliation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoliation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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