Definition of spoil

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Spoil (n.) Public offices and their emoluments regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as to the victor belong the spoils..

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Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession..
Rug :: Rug (v. t.) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Overleaven :: Overleaven (v. t.) To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil..
Spoke :: Spoilsmonger (n.) One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
Pillage :: Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. t.) To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading..
Despoiling :: Despoiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Despoi.
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
Foray :: Foray (n.) A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid..
Spoilsmonger :: Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service..
Blend :: Blend (v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Spoilsman :: Spoilsmen (pl. ) of Spoilsma.
Musty :: Musty (n.) Spoiled by age; rank; stale.
Depredation :: Depredation (n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land..
Despoiled :: Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoi.
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
Spoiling :: Spoilt () of Spoi.
Spoilful :: Spoilfive (n.) A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..
Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..
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