View source for spoils

==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/spɔɪlz/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-spoils.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔɪlz|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|p}}

# That which is taken from another by [[violence]]; especially, the [[plunder]] taken from an [[enemy]]; [[pillage]], [[booty]].
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=IV|passage=Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy '''spoils'''.|year=1873}}
#*{{RQ:Walliams Bad Dad|text=Mr Big threw a bundle each to his two trusty henchmen, Fingers and Thumbs. “There’s your share,” said the boss. The two men looked happy enough with their '''spoils'''.}}
# [[waste|Waste]] material left over in the course of [[excavation]], [[construction]], [[mining]], or [[dredging]] operations.
#: {{hypo|en|culm|mullock|overburden|gangue|tailings}}
#: {{ux|en|dredging '''spoils'''}}
# Public [[offices]] and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
#: {{ux|en|To the victor belong the '''spoils'''.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|that which is taken from another by violence}} {{seeSynonyms|en|booty|sense=1}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|racial spoils|spoils of war|to the victor go the spoils|spoils system}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|that which is taken from another by violence}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|plundering}}, {{t|nl|roofbuit}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pillage|m}}, {{t+|fr|sac|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Beute|f}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|σκῦλα|n-p}}, {{t|grc|λάφυρα|n-p}}
* Latin: {{t|la|praeda|f}}, {{t|la|exuviae|f-p}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|parakete}}, {{t|mi|muremurenga}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|добы́ча|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|गोग्रह|m}}
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{{trans-top|public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction.}}
* Dutch: {{t|nl|het uitdelen van ambten aan partijgenoten}}, {{t+|nl|vriendjespolitiek}}
* French: {{t|fr|distribution de postes à des membres du parti}}, {{t+|fr|favoritisme|m}}
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====See also====
{{col-auto|en
|manubial
|patronage
|Thesaurus:bribe
}}

===Verb===
{{head|en|verb form}}

# {{infl of|en|spoil||s-verb-form}}
#: {{ux|en|Milk '''spoils''' when left out too long.}}