What is the meaning of despoil?

Steal goods; take as spoils.
- usage: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- synonyms: plunder, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
Destroy and strip of its possession.
- usage: "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
- synonyms: rape, spoil, violate, plunder

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