To strip or deprive someone of land or property, particularly by harvesting or cutting timber from a property.
From Old French 'estrepier' meaning 'to mutilate or strip'. Used in medieval English property law to describe the unlawful destruction or harvesting of resources from land.
Estrepe was a serious crime in medieval times—if someone cut down your trees or harvested grain from your land without permission, you could sue them for 'estrepement' in court.
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