English > despoiler: 1 sense > noun 1, person Meaning | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war). |
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Synonyms | plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, raider, freebooter |
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Category | war, warfare | The waging of armed conflict against an enemy / enemy |
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Narrower | pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
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Broader | thief, stealer | A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it |
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Spanish | asaltante, filibustero, saqueador |
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Catalan | assaltant, saquejador |
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Verbs | despoil | steal goods |
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