0 past simple and past participle of despoil
1 to make a place less attractive especially by taking things away from it by force:
Many of the tombs had been despoiled.
We must be reasonable; we must see that our countryside is no longer despoiled by outrageous and ugly advertising.
Nobody could argue that mining there has despoiled and disfigured the land.
All that will be left is the iron ore terminal—and it is for that alone that this area is to be despoiled.
The local authorities do not wish to see the countryside despoiled simply because they like to see it uglified; they are powerless in the matter.
What the man has despoiled, let him replace.
All the industrialised nations, mainly in the northern, temperate zone have despoiled the planet and caused havoc.
Why should we pass a vote of thanks to people whose ancestors despoiled a community and who now give back that which was then stolen?
I ask him to ensure that many applications are turned down, for good renewable energy does not mean despoiled countryside.
