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spoliator|ˈspəʊlɪeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. spoliātor, agent-n. from spoliāre (see spoliate v.), or ad. F. spoliateur (16th c.).]
One who commits spoliation or robbery; a pillager, plunderer, a spoiler.
1831Examiner 695/2 The spoliators were gaining admittance to the house. 1845Petrie Eccl. Archit. Irel. 370 It might be, that a successful spoliator thus deprived the possessors of the means of future defence. 1875Helps Soc. Press. iv. 61 The spoliators (such I must call them) would probably be deficient in those powers of imagination which..would teach men that [etc.]. |