expoliation

English

Noun

expoliation (usually uncountable, plural expoliations)

1. Obsolete form of exspoliation.
   • 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volumes (please specify |volume=II, V, or VI), London, →OCLC:

     now thy bloudy Passion begins : a cruell expoliation begins that violence

References

• “expoliation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.