transitive. To deprive or strip (a person or group of people) of something by force, to rob; (also) to despoil. Also figurative. rare after 17th cent.
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释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > despoil or prey upon [verb (transitive)] (60) reaveOE transitive. To deprive or strip (a person or group of people) of something by force, to rob; (also) to despoil. Also figurative. rare after 17th cent. stripa1225 To plunder, spoil; to deprive totally (whether justly or otherwise) of possessions, or of something… without const. Obsolete. pill?c1225 transitive. To strip (a person or place) of money or goods; esp. to rob or steal from (a person); to pillage or plunder (a place); (also) to oppress… robc1225 transitive. To plunder or pillage (a place, house, etc.); to steal from. Also in extended use. peela1250 transitive. To rob or strip (a person) of possessions; to pillage or plunder (a place); (also) to oppress (a person or institution) with excessive… despoil1297 transitive. To strip of possessions by violence; to plunder, rob, spoil, n.. a person. raimc1300 transitive. To exact a ransom from (a person); to plunder or rob (a person, a country, etc.); to rob or deprive (a person) of something; to cheat… spoilc1330 transitive. To strip or despoil (a dead or helpless person); esp. to strip (a defeated or slain enemy) of arms and armour. (Cf. 6) Now archaic. spoila1340 To strip (persons) of goods or possessions by violence or force; to plunder, rob, despoil. Also figurative. Now rare or archaic. to pull a finch (also pigeon, plover, etc.)c1387 transitive. figurative and in figurative context. To strip (a person) of possessions or money; to despoil, rob, swindle. Cf. pluck, v. 6. Obsolete. despoil1393 transitive. To strip of possessions by violence; to plunder, rob, spoil, n.. a place; also transferred and figurative. preya1400 transitive. To plunder, pillage, or rob. Obsolete. spoila1400 To deprive, despoil, pillage, or rob of something. †Also const. from (= of). spulyiea1400 transitive. To despoil or plunder (persons, etc.). unspoila1400 transitive. To despoil. riflec1400 transitive. To rob or strip bare of something. Also in figurative contexts. poll1490 transitive. figurative. To plunder or pillage by or as by excessive taxation; to rob, fleece, strip, cheat; to despoil. Also with of. Now rare (slang… to pill and poll1528 transitive. to pill and poll (also to poll and pill): to strip (a person, place, or institution) bare by robbery or pillage; to plunder; to ruin by… to poll and pill1528 transitive. to pill and poll (also to poll and pill): to strip (a person, place, or institution) bare by robbery or pillage; to plunder; to ruin by… exspoila1530 transitive. To despoil. pilyie1539 transitive. To pillage, plunder; to seize by piracy. Cf. pill, v.1 7a. devour?1542 To despoil (a person) of (substance) by consuming it. Obsolete. rare. plume1571 transitive. figurative. To rob, despoil. Also occasionally used intransitively. Obsolete. rive1572 transitive. Scottish. To rob (a person). Obsolete. bepill1574 to pillage completely. fleece1575 To strip (a person, city, country, etc.) of money, property, etc., as a sheep is stripped of its fleece; to make (any one) pay to the uttermost; to… to prey over1576 to prey on, to prey upon. intransitive. To plunder or pillage; to rob or raid, to target for robberies. Also †to prey over. Now passing into sense 2c. pread1577 transitive. To plunder, rob. Also intransitive. disvaledge1598 = disvalise, v. despoliate1607 = despoil, v. to make spoil of1613 to make spoil of, to pillage or plunder; to extort or collect goods, provisions, etc., from. expilate1624 transitive. To pillage, plunder. to peel and poll1641 to peel and poll and variants: = to pill and poll at pill, v.1 10. Obsolete. depredate1651 transitive. To prey upon, to make a prey of; to plunder, pillage. Obsolete (or nonce-wd) violatea1657 transitive. To deprive of something. rare. In later use chiefly in passive. disvalise1672 transitive. To strip (any one) of his baggage; to rob, plunder. to pick feathers off (a person)1677 In various figurative expressions: †two feathers out of a goose: a very small part of anything. †to gain more feathers: (of a rumour) to assume… to make stroy of1682 Destruction. to make stroy of, to make spoil of, pillage. spoliate1699 transitive. To spoil or despoil; to rob or deprive of something. pilfer1714 transitive. To steal from (a person or place). snabble1725 (See quot. 1725.) rump1815 transitive. Originally Scottish. To plunder completely; (also) to cheat or clean (a person) out of money. Cf. rump, n.1 phrases 2. vampire1832 (transitive) to assail or prey upon after the manner of a vampire. sweat1847 slang. To deprive of or cause to give up something; to rob, ‘fleece’, ‘bleed’. Also transferred to rob (a vessel) of some of its contents. ploat1855 transitive. To pluck; to strip of feathers, wool, etc. Frequently figurative: to rob or plunder, to fleece; (also) to scold. vampirize1888 transitive. = vampire v. at vampire, n. derivatives. Subcategories:— make a spoil of (something) (14) |
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