[a. L. spoliātor, agent-n. from spoliāre (see SPOLIATE v.), or ad. F. spoliateur (16th c.).] One who commits spoliation or robbery; a pillager, plunderer; a spoiler.
1831. Examiner, 695/2. The spoliators were gaining admittance to the house.
1845. Petrie, Eccl. Archit. Irel., 370. It might be, that a successful spoliator thus deprived the possessors of the means of future defence.
1875. Helps, Soc. Press., iv. 61. The spoliators (such I must call them) would probably be deficient in those powers of imagination which … would teach men that [etc.].
