He had an air of good temper, and a rough frankness of manner that rendered him popular among the mass of the people, whom he courted by every means in his power, distributing with lavish hand the wealth he gained by confiscation and spoliation of the rich.
"Beric the Briton A Story of the Roman Invasion"
G. A. Henty
Urban democracy, working on a large scale, has declared itself finally, and what we have is the organization of the careless, the ignorant, the envious, brought about by the criminal and the semi-criminal, for the spoliation of the well-to-do.
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller
A sad spoliation by Pict and Scot followed the Roman withdrawal.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett