1. Having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
   "the despoiled countryside";
   - pillaged, raped, ravaged

1. Rob or strip (a place) of its contents or resources destructively
   "Mining has despoiled the landscape";
   - rape [archaic], spoil [archaic], plunder
    
2. Steal goods; take as spoils
   "During the earthquake people despoiled the stores that were deserted by their owners";
   - plunder, loot, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

See also: destroyed

Type of: destroy, ruin, take

Encyclopedia: Despoiled