ˌekspə̇ˈlāshən, -ˌspīˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin expilation-, expilatio, from expilatus (past participle of expilare to plunder, from ex- ex- (I) + -pilare, perhaps akin to Latin pila pillar, pier) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at pile
archaic : the act of plundering : spoliation
whence … proceeds this ravenous expilation of the state — Samuel Daniel