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dépouiller
01
to skin, to flay, to peel
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Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Regular
Auxiliary verb
avoir
Examples
Le chasseur a dépouillé le cerf aprÚs la chasse.
The hunter skinned the deer after the hunt.
02
to strip someone of their possessions, to rob someone of everything, to despoil
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Examples
Les escrocs l'ont dépouillé de toutes ses économies.
The scammers stripped him of all his savings.
03
to examine, to analyze, to go through
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Examples
Les chercheurs ont dépouillé des milliers de documents d'archives.
The researchers examined thousands of archival documents.
04
to count the votes, to tally the ballots, to canvass the votes
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Examples
Les agents ont commencé à dépouiller les bulletins dÚs la fermeture des bureaux de vote.
The officials began counting the ballots as soon as the polling stations closed.
