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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spo·li·a·tion /ˌspoliˈeʃən/
 強奪,掠奪,毀滅文件

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spo·li·a·tion n.
 1. The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
    Legal spoliation, which will impoverish one part of the community in order to corrupt the remainder.   --Sir G. C. Lewis.
 2. Robbery or plunder in war; especially, the authorized act or practice of plundering neutrals at sea.
 3. Eccl. Law (a) The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title.   (b) A process for possession of a church in a spiritual court.
 4. Law Injury done to a document.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spoliation
      n 1: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an
           alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
      2: the act of stripping and taking by force [syn: spoil, spoilation,
          despoilation, despoilment, despoliation]