devastavit
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devastavit
(ˌdiːvəˈsteɪvɪt)n
the waste or mismanagement, whether wilful or by neglect, of a deceased person's estate by the executor of his or her will or another trustee of the estatea legal writ declaring this offence
[from Latin dēvastāre to waste]
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