Associations to the word «Spoliation»

Wiktionary

SPOLIATION, noun. The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
SPOLIATION, noun. Robbery or plunder in times of war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
SPOLIATION, noun. (legal) The intentional destruction of or tampering with (a document) in such way as to impair evidentiary effect.

Dictionary definition

SPOLIATION, noun. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence.
SPOLIATION, noun. The act of stripping and taking by force.

Wise words

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.
Thomas Jefferson