/dɪˈspɔɪl/ vt.<文>+ person抢劫；掠夺；+ countryside, landscape破坏；蹂躏
Calling Native Americans 'primitives' and 'savages' made it OK to conquer and despoil them.给美洲原住民以“原始人”、“野蛮人”的称号, 这样对他们的征服和掠夺就顺理成章了。
a landscape despoiled by coal-mining and heavy industry遭到煤矿开采和重工业破坏的景观
to despoil sb/sth of sth抢夺…的…
the mercenaries sent to subjugate you and to despoil you of your liberties and your honour派来征服你们并剥夺你们的自由和荣誉的外国雇佣兵