Definition of spoil

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Spoil (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.

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Spoil :: Spoil (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) 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..
Depredation :: Depredation (n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..
Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.
Disappoint :: Disappoint (v. t.) To defeat of expectation or hope; to hinder from the attainment of that which was expected, hoped, or desired; to balk; as, a man is disappointed of his hopes or expectations, or his hopes, desires, intentions, expectations, or plans are disappointed; a bad season disappoints the farmer of his crops; a defeat disappoints an enemy of his spoil..
Pet :: Pet (v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled..
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
Heft :: Heft (n.) The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled..
Plunder :: Plunder (v. t.) To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers..
Prey :: Prey (n.) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder..
Spoilable :: Spoil (n.) The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal..
Spoiler :: Spoilable (a.) Capable of being spoiled.
Stick-lac :: Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.
Spoilt :: Spoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Spoi.
Incorrupt :: Incorrupt (a.) Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.
Deform :: Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.
Bedevil :: Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.
Depredator :: Depredator (n.) One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
Spoliatory :: Spoliator (n.) One who spoliates; a spoiler.
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