spoils

Noun

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)
  • "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"
• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it
• the act of stripping and taking by force
• That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
• Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
• Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.

Verb

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
• become unfit for consumption or use
  • "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"
• alter from the original
• treat with excessive indulgence
• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• have a strong desire or urge to do something
• destroy and strip of its possession
• make imperfect
• third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil

Examples

• "dredging spoils"
• "Milk spoils when left out too long."
• "To the victor belong the spoils."

Synonyms

baby, baffle, ball up, bilk, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, booty, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, cocker, coddle, corrupt, cosset, cross, deflower, despoil, despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, featherbed, flub, fluff, foil, foul up, frustrate, fuck up, fumble, go bad, impair, indulge, itch, louse up, mar, mess up, mishandle, mollycoddle, muck up, muff, pamper, plunder, queer, rape, scotch, screw up, spoil, spoilage, spoilation, spoiling, spoliation, thwart, violate, vitiate

Related Words

bribe, manubial, patronage