spoliatoryadj.
/ˈspəʊlɪətəri/ Of the nature of, characterized by, spoliation or robbery; pillaging, plundering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective]
ravenousc1425
rapinous1484
polling1526
spoiling1565
predatory1589
pilling1590
spoilful1590
plundering1641
vulturian1659
predatitious1660
pillagingc1670
vulturine1721
predal1737
depredatory1771
spoliatory1790
predatorial1791
plunderous1797
spoliating1840
accipitral1842
despoiling1859
spoliative1875
predative1920
prehensile1927
1790 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 143 If I were to adopt the plan of a spoliatory reformation.
1813 J. C. Hobhouse Journey (ed. 2) 290 The spoliatory taste of some amateurs.
1857 J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson I. 60 It was dissolved by the first spoliatory statute.
1895 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 7/1 To defend themselves..against spoliatory attack.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adj.1790