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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Spoilt :: Spoiled (imp. & p. p.) of Spoi.
Despoil :: Despoil (n.) Spoil.
Ravager :: Ravager (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler..
Wany :: Wany (a.) Spoiled by wet; -- said of timber.
Overleaven :: Overleaven (v. t.) To leaven too much; hence, to change excessively; to spoil..
Spoiler :: Spoilable (a.) Capable of being spoiled.
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Pillage :: Pillage (v. i.) To take spoil; to plunder; to ravage.
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..
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Spoiler :: Spoiler (n.) One who spoils; a plunderer; a pillager; a robber; a despoiler.
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..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
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..
Spoliatory :: Spoliator (n.) One who spoliates; a spoiler.
Spondaic :: Spoliatory (a.) Tending to spoil; destructive; spoliative.
Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather..
Spoil :: 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..
Despoiler :: Despoiler (n.) One who despoils.
Spoilsmen :: Spoilful (a.) Wasteful; rapacious.
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