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spoliation

noun/ˌspəʊliˈeɪʃən/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The destruction or alteration of evidence relevant to litigation.

The wiped server drew a spoliation inference that hurt them far more than the emails would have.

Similar: destruction, tampering

Topic: Litigation in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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