spolio

Meaning

1. (conjugation-1) to strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing, uncover, bare, unclothe
2. (conjugation-1) to strip, deprive or rob of arms or equipment, disarm
3. (broadly, conjugation-1) to plunder, pillage, spoil, rob; despoil, impoverish, deprive

Concepts

loot

rob

despoil

plunder

reave

strip

bereave

vandalize

disarm

lay waste

pillage

Synonyms

compilo

diripio

privo

nudo

furari

Translations

beroven

pillar

plunderen

bestelen

saquear

piller

plündern

roubar

saccheggiare

voler

çalmak

rauben

stehlen

soymak

dévaster

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈspɔ.li.oː]

Etymology

From spolium (“skin, hide, fell”) + -ō.