v. t. | 1. | To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. |
2. | To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; - usually followed by of. | |
n. | 1. | Spoil. |
Verb | 1. | despoil - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
2. | despoil - destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |