Es-trēpe', v. t.

v. t. [O. Fr. estropier, to mutilate, from Lat. extirpare, to root up. See infra.] (Law.) To strip or lay bare, as trees of their branches, or land of wood, houses, &c.; to commit waste or spoil in, as in lands, woods, or houses, to the damage of another. Burrill.