| VERB | possession | despoil, plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | steal goods |
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| contact | despoil, rape, spoil, violate, plunder | destroy and strip of its possession |
| Meaning | steal goods; take as spoils. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | |
| Narrower | deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
| Broader | take | Take by force |
| Spanish | despojar, desvalijar, expoliar, pillar, saquear | |
| Catalan | desvalisar, espoliar, expilar, saquejar | |
| Nouns | despoiler | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
| despoilment, despoliation | the act of stripping and taking by force | |
| Meaning | Destroy and strip of its possession. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | rape, spoil, violate, plunder | |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | despojar, saquear | |
| Catalan | saquejar | |
| Nouns | despoilment, despoliation | the act of stripping and taking by force |
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