Definition of spoil

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Spoil (v. t.) 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..

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Heft :: Heft (n.) The greater part or bulk of anything; as, the heft of the crop was spoiled..
Spoiler :: Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
Incorrupt :: Incorrupt (a.) Not affected with corruption or decay; unimpaired; not marred or spoiled.
Spoiler :: Spoilable (a.) Capable of being spoiled.
Spondaic :: Spoliatory (a.) Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
Spoilfive :: Spoiler (n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless..
Bedevil :: Bedevil (v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.
Direption :: Direption (n.) The act of plundering, despoiling, or snatching away..
Plunder :: Plunder (n.) That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
Spoiling :: Spoilt () of Spoi.
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..
Spoilful :: Spoilfive (n.) A certain game at cards in which, if no player wins three of the five tricks possible on any deal, the game is said to be spoiled..
Despoilment :: Despoilment (n.) Despoliation.
De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..
Pillage :: Pillage (n.) That which is taken from another or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty..
Spoke :: Spoilsmonger (n.) One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
Blend :: Blend (v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain.
Despoiled :: Despoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Despoi.
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.
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