despoiler
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- noun
- /dɪˈspɔɪlər/
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despojador
- The first national environmental institutions, however, were influenced far more by people such as George Perkins Marsh and John Muir and their concern to save the wilderness from the despoiler.
Examples
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Gore also touts the success in foiling the September Plot and in tracking down and punishing "despoilers of the public."
Blog text (21) -
That... that seducer and despoiler must be stopped.
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Despoiler of my child, my innocent lamb!
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The struggle to protect even so frail a being as the spotted owl against the despoilers of the earth shows how far our consciousness has been raised in these matters.
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He is more like the despoilers of the monastery than his hapless brothers, for as the library burns, he, too, steals a number of treasures.
Academic text (2002) -
The modern environmental movement has been far more effective as an opposition movement rallying the public to arms against corporate polluters and government despoilers than in articulating a coherent positive vision.
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The despoiler invaded the village, taking everything of value before the inhabitants could escape.
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During the war, the army was labeled a despoiler for plundering homes and stealing from local businesses.
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Historians often describe the despoiler as a ruthless figure who left destruction in his wake.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who steals from others by using or threatening to hurt them
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5.3
A person who steals things from shops and homes during riots or disasters
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5.1
A person who enters a place to steal things by force
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8.8
A person who attacks places to steal things
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7.2
A person who steals things by force from places like shops or homes during war
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9.5
A person who attacks a town or city and steals things
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8.1
A person who steals things from places like shops, often during war
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9.9
A person who steals goods during war, often from villages or ships
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A person who raids and steals from farms and homes in old times
A person who takes goods by force from people during war
A person who steals things from towns during war
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Etymology
Despoiler comes from two old parts: the prefix de- meaning 'away' and the root spoil, which once meant 'to strip' and is kept in the phrase 'spoils of war'. So a despoiler is someone who strips away or takes valuables, often by force.