A failure to respond to such a summons seems to me a surrender of civil affairs into the hands of avowed despoilers-it seems almost desertion."
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
Whether a promise exacted on the plea of treasure trove would bind him to respect the despoilers of the British Museum was a point for subsequent consideration.
"Max Carrados"
Ernest Bramah
Naples had signed terms of peace with them, it is true; but the natural animosity of the Vatican against its despoilers could easily have leagued the south of Italy with the other States that were working secretly for their expulsion.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose