Definition of "despoil" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.

2. (transitive) To violently strip (someone), with indirect object of their possessions etc.; to rob.

3. (obsolete, transitive or reflexive) To strip (someone) of their clothes; to undress.

noun

1. (obsolete) Plunder; spoliation.