n. ~ The intentional destruction, alteration, or concealment of evidence, especially documents. Notes:  In general, courts have found that the routine destruction of records after reasonable, schedule [..]

1 legal the action of taking goods or property from somewhere by illegal or unethical meansYou've been overcharging the elderly people residing at your establishment, and it's spoliation.

"robbery, plunder," c. 1400, from Latin spoliationem (nominative spoliatio) "a robbing, plundering, pillaging," noun of action from past participle stem of spoliare "to plunde [..]

The act of destroying or spoiling something.

1 : the destruction, alteration, or mutilation of evidence esp. by a party for whom the evidence is damaging 2 : alteration or mutilation of an instrument (as a will) by one who is not a party to ...

Spoliation is the destruction or alteration of a document that destroys its value as evidence in a legal proceeding. Soliation often carries an inference of intentional destruction in order to avoid n [..]

(n) the act of stripping and taking by force(n) (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

Spoliation is the destruction of records which may be relevant to ongoing or anticipated litigation, government investigation or audit. Courts differ in their interpretation of the level of intent required before sanctions may be warranted.

Refers to the intentional or negligent withholding, hiding, alteration or destruction of evidence relevant to a legal proceeding, and it is a criminal act in the United States under Federal and most State law.

The act of plundering or spoiling; robbery; deprivation; despoliation. * '''1852''', , ''Bleak House'', ch. 1: *: In trickery, evasion, procrastination, spoliation, botheration, under false preten [..]