Spoliate definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary SPOLIATE, v.t. [L.] To plunder; to pillage. SPOLIATE, v.i. To practice plunder; to commit robbery. In time of war, rapacious men are let loose to spoliate on commerce. Merriam Webster's transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology ... Date: circa 1727 despoil • spoliator noun Webster's 1913 Dictionary Spoliate Spo"li*ate, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Spoliated ...