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spoliation

[spoh-lee-ey-shuhn] / ˌspoʊ liˈeɪ ʃən /








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Tate director Maria Balshaw said it was "a profound privilege to help reunite this work with its rightful heirs" and that she was "delighted to see the spoliation process working successfully to make this happen".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2025

City Attorney Ann Davison’s office responded with court filings of its own this week, accusing some of the plaintiffs of spoliation themselves by deleting their own texts about CHOP.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

There is usually an artist somewhere at the bottom of that story of spoliation.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2022

Bryant’s attorneys are seeking what are known as spoliation sanctions against county, arguing that because the Sheriff’s Department and the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2021

The measure was indeed an act of spoliation devoid either of excuse in its cause or benefit in its results.

From The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury by Hibbert, Francis Aiden