spoliation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of stripping and taking by force (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pillage, pillaging, plundering,
definition	:	the act of stealing valuable things from a place (noun.act)

2. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence (noun.act)

hypernym	:	destruction, devastation,
definition	:	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists (noun.act)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)

3. the act of stripping and taking by force (noun.act)

derivation	:	despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate,
definition	:	destroy and strip of its possession (verb.contact)

derivation	:	despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip,
definition	:	steal goods; take as spoils (verb.possession)

4. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence (noun.act)

derivation	:	corrupt, spoil,
definition	:	alter from the original (verb.change)

5. the act of stripping and taking by force (noun.act)

derivation	:	despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate,
definition	:	destroy and strip of its possession (verb.contact)

derivation	:	despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip,
definition	:	steal goods; take as spoils (verb.possession)

6. (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence (noun.act)

derivation	:	corrupt, spoil,
definition	:	alter from the original (verb.change)