1. Verb
To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.
2. Verb
To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
3. Verb
To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
4. Verb
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
5. Verb
To practice plunder or robbery.
6. Verb
To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
7. Noun
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
8. Noun
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.
9. Noun
That which is gained by strength or effort.
10. Noun
The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
11. Noun
Corruption; cause of corruption.
12. Noun
The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
13. Noun
the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"
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