expoliation

English

Noun

expoliation (usually uncountable, plural expoliations)

  1. Obsolete form of exspoliation.
    • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:
      now thy bloudy Passion begins : a cruell expoliation begins that violence

References
  • expoliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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