espoillerie (1414)

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espoillerie (1414)

  FEW:  spoliare *12,201b Gdf:  espoillerie 3,541b GdfC: TL: DEAF:  espoillier (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
espoilerie  

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1mil.taking of spoils, booty, plunder from a defeated opponent
( 1414 )  nostre dit seignur le roi [...] ad ordeiné et declaree qe tieux tuerie, robberie, espoillerie, rumperie des trieves [...] soient adjuggez et determinez pur haut tresoun fait encontre la corone et dignité de roi  iv 22
( 1447 )  tielx tueri, robberie, espoilerie, rumperie dez trieux [...]  v 138
espoille#1  espoiller  espoliacion 
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