Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Despoliation \De*spo`li*a"tion\, n. [L. despoliatio. See
   {Despoil}.]
   A stripping or plundering; spoliation. --Bailey.

Source : WordNet®

despoliation
     n : the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: {spoil}, {spoliation},
          {spoilation}, {despoilation}, {despoilment}]