| NOUN | act | spoliation | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence |
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| act | spoliation, spoil, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation | the act of stripping and taking by force |
| Meaning | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. | |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | destruction, devastation | The termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
| Verbs | spoil | alter from the original |
| Meaning | The act of stripping and taking by force. | |
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| Synonyms | spoil, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation | |
| Broader | plundering, pillage, pillaging | The act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| Spanish | despojo, expoliación, expolio | |
| Catalan | despullament, espoliació | |
| Verbs | spoil | destroy and strip of its possession |
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