Spoils
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spɔɪlz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spoils is a noun meaning That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
Meaning
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
More Meanings
- Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
- Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
- third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
Example Sentences
dredging spoils
To the victor belong the spoils.
Milk spoils when left out too long.
Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy spoils.
Synonyms for spoils
Depending on context, synonyms include booty.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include despoliation, despoilment, spoliation, screw up, thwart, vitiate.
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