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Definition of Spoil

Spoil
Spoil Spoil, v. i. 1. To practice plunder or robbery. Outlaws, which, lurking in woods, used to break forth to rob and spoil. --Spenser. 2. To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Spoil
Spoil Spoil, n. [Cf. OF. espoille, L. spolium.] 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. --Milton. 2. 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. From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. --Gibbon. 3. That which is gained by strength or effort. each science and each art his spoil. --Bentley. 4. The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoil. --Shak. 5. Corruption; cause of corruption. [Archaic] Villainous company hath been the spoil of me. --Shak. 6. The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. [Obs.] --Bacon. Spoil bank, a bank formed by the earth taken from an excavation, as of a canal. The spoils system, the theory or practice of regarding public and their emoluments as so much plunder to be distributed among their active partisans by those who are chosen to responsible offices of administration.

Meaning of Spoil from wikipedia

- Look up spoil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spoil or spoils may refer to: Spoils, the proceeds of looting taken from an enemy or victim Overburden...
- A spoil tip (also called a boney pile, culm bank, gob pile, waste tip or bing) is a pile built of ac****ulated spoil – waste material removed during mining...
- Look up Spoiler or spoiler in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to: Spoiler (media), a summary that reveals significant plot...
- people to spread spoilers. There are three types of spoilers: short spoilers, long spoilers, and thematic spoilers. Short spoilers reveal the plot ending...
- Look up spoiled in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spoiled may refer to: Spoiled (play), a television and stage play "Spoiled" (song), a 2005 song by...
- 1926 – 24 December 1960), better known as Mighty Spoiler, was a Trinidadian calypsonian. Spoiler's career began in 1946 (see 1946 in music) at the House...
- "The Spoil" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American Neo-Western television series Justified. It is the 21st overall episode of the...
- Spoiler Alert may refer to: "Spoiler Alert" (How I Met Your Mother), a 2007 TV episode "Spoiler Alert" (Lucifer), a 2020 TV episode Spoiler Alert: The...
- In archaeology, spoil is the term used for the soil, dirt and rubble that results from an excavation, and discarded off site on spoil heaps. These heaps...
- The Spoiled is an Italian music project founded in 2015 by Giovanni Santolla in Sammichele di Bari. Its music combines post-punk, dark wave and industrial...