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spoils
- /spɔɪlz/
Rhymes with -ɔɪlz
noun
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That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy spoils.
Similar: booty
- Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations. dredging spoils
- Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage. To the victor belong the spoils.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil Milk spoils when left out too long.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: despoliation, despoilment, spoliation, screw up, thwart, vitiate, mar, corrupt, spoilage, go bad, impair, louse up, mess up, muck up, foul up, bollocks up
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noun that which is taken from another by violence
| Español | despojo, despojamiento, expolio, espolio |
|---|---|
| Français | pillage, sac |
| Deutsch | Beute |
| Русский | добы́ча dobýča |
noun public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction
| Français | favoritisme |
|---|
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