It is monstrous because we have none of the simple dignity of the primitive slayer, and all the morbid excesses of the modern despoiler.
"The Crooked House"
Brandon Fleming
In wedding the sister of this fortunate rival and despoiler, Harold could not, therefore, but gall him in his most sensitive sores of soul.
"Harold, Book 10. The Last Of The Saxon Kings"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Nor can the hand of man disturb the glorious timber round the house; for it is "ornamental," and therefore safe from the hands of the despoiler.
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs