despoliation

Questions about despoliation

What does despoliation mean?

despoliation means "the act of stripping and taking by force".

How many syllables are in despoliation?

despoliation has 6 syllables: de-spo-li-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for despoliation?

Close synonyms include spoil, spoliation, spoilation, despoilation, despoilment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is despoliation a common word?

despoliation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.