DESPOIL Synonyms

• a sudden short attack

• an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)

• steal goods; take as spoils

• briefly enter enemy territory

• goods or money obtained illegally

• informal terms for money

• take illegally; of intellectual property

• steal goods; take as spoils

• goods or money obtained illegally

• the act of stealing valuable things from a place

• steal goods; take as spoils

• steal goods; take as spoils

• search thoroughly

• steal goods; take as spoils

• a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore

• steal goods; take as spoils

• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• the act of stripping and taking by force

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• become unfit for consumption or use

• alter from the original

• treat with excessive indulgence

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• destroy and strip of its possession

• make imperfect

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• destroy

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• destroy and strip of its possession