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spulyie (iou)



spulyie noun & verb. ['spu:l(j)i] Scot. arch. Also spulie, spuilzie, spulzie. LME.
[Old French espoillier SPOIL verb.]
A. noun.
The action or an act of despoiling or plundering something; spoliation. LME.
b. Law. A taking away of another's movable goods without a legal warrant or the owner's consent; an action for the restitution of such goods. L17.
Spoil, booty, plunder. E16.
b. verb.
verb trans. Despoil, plunder; deprive of something. LME.
verb trans. Take as spoil or plunder; Law take away without a legal warrant or the owner's consent. LME.
verb intrans. Commit spoliation. M19.