Spoils - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌspɔɪlz|
Brit.
|spɔɪlz|
noun
- That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as
- Public offices and their benefits 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
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoil
Milk spoils when left out too long.
Extra examples
...the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils...
The hotel spoils their guests with fine dining and excellent service.
She always spoils me on my birthday.
The meat goes bad / spoils.
Sparing the rod spoils the child.
If you break the rules, it just spoils the whole game.
They tried to take more than a fair share of the spoils.
A huge nuclear reactor now spoils the view.
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