despoil
🇺🇸
/dɪˈspɔɪl/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈspɔɪl/
verb
R
To take something valuable from a place without permission, or to damage a place and make it less beautiful.
The vandals despoiled the ancient monument by chipping away at its intricate carvings.
translation
To take something valuable from a place without permission, or to damage a place and make it less beautiful.
Word Forms
3rd Present
despoils
Past
despoiled
Perfect
despoiled
Progressive
despoiling