spoliation

英 [ˌspəʊlɪ'eɪʃən] 美 [ˌspoʊlɪ'eɪʃən]

• n. 毁弃；掠夺

英英释义

Noun:

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

2. the act of stripping and taking by force

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. What we intend to halt, by any means, is three centuries of spoliation of this earth.
   我们所要做的，就是用任何方法，阻止三个世纪以来对这个地球所进得的掠夺。

近反义词

【近义词】

• expropriation 没收
• robbery 抢劫
• deprivation 剥夺
• despoliation 掠夺
• despoilation 抢劫
• spoilation 抢劫
• despoilment 抢夺
• spoil 宠坏