1syllable
spoils
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Definitions ofspoils
1verb
- To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
- To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
- To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
- To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
- To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use.
- To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess.
- Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay.
Example: "Make sure you put the milk back in the fridge, otherwise it will spoil."
- To render (a ballot paper) invalid by deliberately defacing it.
- To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
1noun
- 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.
Example: "To the victor belong the spoils."
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