spoils
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪlz
Noun
spoils pl (plural only)
- That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
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- 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.
Synonyms
- (that which is taken from another by violence): See Thesaurus:booty
Translations
that which is taken from another by violence
public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction.
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Verb
spoils
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoil
- Milk spoils when left out too long.
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