• (a.) Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/spoliative/
Spo'li·a·tive adjective [ Confer French spoliatif .] Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Medicine) , serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/170