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