Sentence:  The only performance which was too soft for me was that of Yvette Mimieux , but since someone had to become the victim of <WSD>despoilers</WSD> , just to emphasize that such things do happen at these fracases , I suppose this was the attitude the part called for . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)