Obs. In 7 expoliation. [ad. L. ex(s)poliātiōn-em, n. of action f. ex(s)poliāre to spoil, f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + spoliāre to strip, f. spolium spoil.] The action of spoiling; the stripping (a person) of his clothes or of his spoil; a stripping off or removal.
1612–5. Bp. Hall, Contempl. N. T., IV. xxxii. (1634), 268. A cruell expoliation begins that violence, Againe doe these grim and mercilesse soldiers … strip thee naked.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 205. A subitaneous expoliation of the powers.
1678. R. R[ussell], Geber, I. ii. 6. The Expoliation of Accidents.
