noun · countable / uncountable · rare

spoliation

spol·i·a·tion

spoliation · spoliations

Beweisvereitelung

The action of destroying or ruiningThe action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.

UK/spəʊliˈeɪʃn̩/US/spoʊliˈeɪʃən/

Meaning

7 senses

(broadly, uncountable)The action of destroying or ruining; destruction, ruin.
(broadly, historical, uncountable)The action of an incumbent (“holder of an ecclesiastical benefice”) wrongfully depriving another of the emoluments of a benefice.
(broadly, countable, historical)A lawsuit brought or writ issued by an incumbent against another, claiming that the latter has wrongfully taken the emoluments of a benefice.
(broadly, uncountable)The intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value.
Beweisvereitelung
(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
(broadly, uncountable)The systematic forcible seizure of property during a crisis or state of unrest such as that caused by war, now regarded as a crime; looting, pillage, plunder; (countable) an instance of this.
Spoliation of Jewish property by Nazi authorities occurred on a large scale during World War II.
(broadly, historical, uncountable)The government-sanctioned action or practice of plundering neutral ships at sea; (countable) an instance of this.
(archaic, uncountable)The action of spoliating, or forcibly seizing property; pillage, plunder; also, the state of having property forcibly seized; (countable) an instance of this; a robbery, a seizure.

Translations

5 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

3.1. (uncountable) intentional destruction of, or tampering with, a document so as to impair its evidentiary value:

Origin

From Late Middle English spoliacioun (“looting, robbery, theft; an instance of this; (eccl

From Late Middle English spoliacioun (“looting, robbery, theft; an instance of this; (ecclesiastical) wrongful deprivation of the emoluments of a benefice due to another”), from Anglo-Norman spoliacioun, espolïacion, and directly from their etymon Latin spoliātiō (“plundering, robbing”), from spoliāre + -tiō (suffix forming nouns denoting a process, action, or result of an action). Spoliāre is the present active infinitive of spoliō (“to deprive or strip of clothing or covering, unclothe, uncover; (by extension) to pillage, plunder; etc.”), from spolium (“hide or skin stripped off an animal; (by extension) booty, spoil; etc.”). The English word was probably also influenced by French spoliation.

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