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Meaning of "spoliatory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPOLIATORY

spoliatory  [ˈspəʊlɪətrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPOLIATORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spoliatory is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPOLIATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spoliatory in the English dictionary

The definition of spoliatory in the dictionary is of or relating to the act or an instance of despoiling or plundering.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPOLIATORY


antipsychiatry
ˌæntɪsaɪˈkaɪətrɪ
bigotry
ˈbɪɡətrɪ
chemopsychiatry
ˌkiːməʊsaɪˈkaɪətrɪ
conservatory
kənˈsɜːvətrɪ
faggotry
ˈfæɡətrɪ
gyniatry
dʒaɪˈnaɪətrɪ
hippiatry
hɪˈpaɪətrɪ
idolatry
aɪˈdɒlətrɪ
interferometry
ˌɪntəfɪəˈrɒmətrɪ
neuropsychiatry
ˌnjʊərəʊsaɪˈkaɪətrɪ
orthopsychiatry
ˌɔːθəʊsaɪˈkaɪətrɪ
paediatry
pɪˈdaɪətrɪ
papeterie
ˈpæpətrɪ
podiatry
pɒˈdaiətrɪ
psychiatry
saɪˈkaɪətrɪ
riotry
ˈraɪətrɪ
secretary
ˈsɛkrətrɪ
self-renunciatory
ˌsɛlfrɪˈnʌnsɪətrɪ
undersecretary
ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ
viscometry
vɪsˈkɒmətrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPOLIATORY

spokespeople
spokesperson
spokeswoman
spokeswomen
spokewise
Spoleto
spoliate
spoliation
spoliative
spoliator
spondaic
spondaical
spondee
spondulicks
spondulix
spondyl
spondylitic
spondylitis
spondylolyses
spondylolysis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPOLIATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
circulatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
obligatory
observatory
oscillatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
regulatory
research laboratory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of spoliatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spoliatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPOLIATORY

Find out the translation of spoliatory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spoliatory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spoliatory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

spoliatory
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expoliadoras
570 millions of speakers

English

spoliatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

spoliatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

spoliatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

spoliatory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spoliatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

spoliatory
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spoliatrice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spoliasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spoliatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

spoliatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

spoliatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spoliatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spoliatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

spoliatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्लोटोलेटरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spoliatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spoliatory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spoliatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

spoliatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spoliatory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

spoliatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoliatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spoliatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spoliatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spoliatory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOLIATORY»

The term «spoliatory» is normally little used and occupies the 139.817 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPOLIATORY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spoliatory

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPOLIATORY»

Discover the use of spoliatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spoliatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Von Savigny's Treatise on Possession: Or, The Jus ...
Many, without doubt, will cast the above-mentioned reproach on the view which I have here presented of spoliatory suits. I rejoice, therefore, to think that I can bring forward Muehlenbruch, whom many (I know not why) class amongst the ...
Friedrich Karl von Savigny, 1848
2
Economics of Physiocracy
From this it is easy to see the dilTerence which exists between an excessive tax and a spoliatory one; for according to the way in which it is assessed, a tax may be spoliatory without being excessive, or excessive without being spoliatory.2 ...
Ronald L. Meek, 2013
3
Good Governance in the Era of Global Neoliberalism: Conflict ...
The chapter argues that (i) despite the common perception of Taiwan as an exemplar of the developmental state, spoliatory activities abounded; (ii) these spoliatory activities were not just sporadic irregularities in the course of state-led  ...
Jolle Demmers, Alex E. Fernández Jilberto, Barbara Hogenboom, 2004
4
Annali Della Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (2000). East ...
Developmental Imperative and Spoliatory Politics: A Comparative Study of Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong1 Tak-Wing Ngo 1 . Introduction East Asian development has been associated with the capacity of the state to achieve  ...
Luigi Tomba, 2002
5
Political Conflict and Development in East Asia and Latin ...
This had invited increasing criticism but it was the Asian financial crisis and the subsequent recession which directed popular grievances towards spoliatory politics. Taiwan suffered from relatively mild setbacks during the foreign exchange ...
Richard Boyd, Galjart Benno, Tak-Wing Ngo, 2007
6
Constructing Place: Mind and the Matter of Place-Making
Spoliatory constructions may beunderstood asbeing revelatory of the gestural space, and may contribute through subsequent constructive acts to thelegitimate fabrication of contingent architecture.This discussion of architectural spoilsis ...
Sarah Menin, 2004
7
The Christian Observer
... to extreme peril ; but, on the other hand, how could we approve this Bill, after it had, at Mr. O'Connell's suggestion, been rendered most unjust and spoliatory — twenty per cent, of tithes being at once cut off ; another twenty being shifted from ...
‎1834
8
Political and Social Writings
This example allows us to make a rough calculation of the order of magnitude of the exploitation that results from the mandatory delivery of produce at the State's spoliatory prices. Let x be the production cost of a quintal of rye; the cost of 100 ...
Cornelius Castoriadis, David Ames Curtis, 1988
9
The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science ...
VVeedon System; its Spoliatory Character. - The so-called i.ois-Weedon system of cuttivation is open to similar obje.tion. This system, as is well known, consists in the growing, year after year, upon soil which is never manured, of corn- plauts  ...
‎1864
10
Indigenous language media in Africa
What has been notable about these exploitative adventures is that the spoliatory excesses of each epochal phase were legitimized by a well-developed conceptual worldview. Historically, the architects of the programs of spoliation have, ...
Duro Oni, 'Biodun Salawu, Sunday Enessi Ododo, 2006

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