• | 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. |
• | To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder. |
• | To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar. |
• | 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. |
• | To practice plunder or robbery. |
• | To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather. |
• | That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. |
• | 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. |
• | That which is gained by strength or effort. |
• | The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste. |
• | Corruption; cause of corruption. |
• | The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal. |
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