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