despoilment

English

Etymology

despoil +‎ -ment

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
- 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value
  On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

Translations

act of plundering

Bulgarian: ограбване (bg) (ograbvane), плячкосване (bg) (pljačkosvane)

References

despoilment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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