Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting in spoliation; causing spoliation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Tending to
spoil ;destructive .
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When our resolutions cite the millions of dollars, pounds sterling, francs and marks which every year leave developing, neocolonized or colonized states as a result of spoliatory investments and one-sided loans, they are condemning imperialism and not any other social system.
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