noun (n)

• (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence(noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• the act of stripping and taking by force(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.(noun)

  source: webster1913