Meaning

2 senses

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To plunder

  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To engage in robbery; to plunder.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin spoliātus, perfect passive participle of spoliō (“plunder, pillage, rob”).

From Latin spoliātus, perfect passive participle of spoliō (“plunder, pillage, rob”).

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Forms

spoliates, spoliating, spoliated, spoliated
Base formspoliate · to spoliate
3rd person singularspoliates
Present participlespoliating
Past simplespoliated
Past participlespoliated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyspoliate
he, she, itspoliates

Past simpleLesson

all personsspoliated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave spoliated
he, she, ithas spoliated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill spoliate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
robA2pillagedespoil

Word family

8 related words
RelatedspoilB1despoildespoliationspoliationspoliativespoliatorspoliatoryspolium

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
spokespokesmanB2spokespersonspokeswomanB2spongeB1spongysponsorB1
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