spoliation
pronunciation
How to pronounce spoliation in British English:
UK [ˌspəʊlɪ'eɪʃən]
How to pronounce spoliation in American English:
US [ˌspoʊlɪ'eɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
- the act of stripping and taking by force
Word Origin
- spoliation
- spoliation: see spoil
- spoliation (n.)
- "robbery, plunder," c. 1400, from Latin spoliationem (nominative spoliatio) "a robbing, plundering, pillaging," noun of action from past participle stem of spoliare "to plunder, rob" (see spoil (v.)).
Example
- 1. A study on spoliation of evidence in civil procedure law .
- 2. The court approved harsh sanctions against rambus , ordering the 12 rambus patents-in-suit unenforceable against micron due to the spoliation of evidence .