Definition of spoil

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Spoil (n.) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty..

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Spoliatory :: Spoliator (n.) One who spoliates; a spoiler.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To strip, as of clothing; to divest or unclothe..
Spoke :: Spoilsmonger (n.) One who promises or distributes public offices and their emoluments as the price of services to a party or its leaders.
Pillage :: Pillage (v. i.) To strip of money or goods by open violence; to plunder; to spoil; to lay waste; as, to pillage the camp of an enemy..
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) That which is gained by strength or effort.
Stick-lac :: Stickit (a.) Stuck; spoiled in making.
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..
Reave :: Reave (v. i.) To take away by violence or by stealth; to snatch away; to rob; to despoil; to bereave. [Archaic.
Cockney :: Cockney (n.) An effeminate person; a spoilt child.
Forage :: Forage (v. i.) To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil..
Furry :: Furry (a.) Consisting of fur; as, furry spoils..
Spoil :: Spoil (n.) The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Spoilfive :: Spoiler (n.) One who corrupts, mars, or renders useless..
Live :: Live (v. i.) To be maintained in life; to acquire a livelihood; to subsist; -- with on or by; as, to live on spoils..
Murder :: Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..
Prey :: Prey (n.) Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder..
Spoil :: Spoil (v. i.) To practice plunder or robbery.
Despoil :: Despoil (v. t.) To deprive for spoil; to plunder; to rob; to pillage; to strip; to divest; -- usually followed by of.
Waste :: Waste (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder..
Despoil :: Despoil (n.) Spoil.
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