De·spoil v. t. [imp. & p. p. Despoiled p. pr. & vb. n. Despoiling.]
1. To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe. [Obs.]
2. To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
The clothed earth is then bare,
Despoiled is the summer fair. --Gower.
A law which restored to them an immense domain of which they had been despoiled. --Macaulay.
Despoiled of innocence, of faith, of bliss. --Milton.
Syn: -- To strip; deprive; rob; bereave; rifle.
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