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Definition of despoiler : One who despoils.

Synonyms:

marauder, spoiler, thief, pamperer, pillager, depredator, bandit, pirate, footpad, brigand, robber, burglar, forager, buccaneer, looter, plunderer, raider, coddler, freebooter, mollycoddler, highwayman

Usage examples:

• Were this professional despoiler, or his minions, the ruthless booksellers, to destroy the sad wrecks which result from their piratical depredations, all would be well. - "Book-Lovers, Bibliomaniacs and Book Clubs", Henry H. Harper.
• A father may have been guilty of a hundred abominable crimes, he may have been a murderer, a traitor, a persecutor of the innocent or despoiler of the wretched, without these crimes leaving the slightest trace upon the organism of his children. - "The Buried Temple", Maurice Maeterlinck.
• And Johann George- a shameless inheritance- chaser, despoiler of pupillary funds, gambler at the bourse, who whines like a whipped dog when he loses. - "Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess", Henry W. Fischer.