spoliation

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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

“The City’s conduct cannot be excused as ‘imperfect document management;’ ... its ‘explanation’ for its admitted spoliation is unconvincing to say the least.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The phone’s data was then wiped, city officials have acknowledged, according to Marigold’s April 18 spoliation motion.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2022

Other counts mentioned in the suit include negligence and negligence per see, intentional spoliation of evidence, negligent entrustment of chattel, negligent hiring, training and supervision and more.

From Fox News • Feb. 7, 2022

His church, indeed, was deserted, unless by the family in the small change-house, and one or two farmers, who, for fear of suspicion and consequent spoliation, were in the habit of occasionally attending.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander