Meaning
1 senses(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Plunder; spoliation.
Examples
2 sentencesGarbage despoiled the landscape where she had played as a child.
Since they have despoiled us, it is our turn to rob them.
Origin
From Middle English despoylle, dispoyll, from Old French despoille, despueille, deverbal fFrom Middle English despoylle, dispoyll, from Old French despoille, despueille, deverbal from despoillier.
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Forms
plural: despoilsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable