despoil in Japanese
despoil in Japanese is 略奪 — despoil means to rob a place or person of everything valuable, as in raiding or pillaging.
despoil in Japanese
略奪
Pronounced: ryakudatsu
(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
What does "despoil" mean?
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verb To rob a place or person of everything valuable, as in raiding or pillaging.
"To dreamers in the West, Tibet is a Shangri-La despoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity."
- verb To use violence to take someone's belongings away from them.
- verb To take someone's clothes off; to undress them.
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- To dreamers in the West, Tibet is a Shangri-La despoiled by Chinese ruthlessness and rapacity.
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What is "despoil" in Japanese?
"despoil" in Japanese is 略奪. despoil means: To rob a place or person of everything valuable, as in raiding or pillaging.
How do you pronounce 略奪?
"despoil" in Japanese is 略奪, pronounced "ryakudatsu".
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