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Meaning of SPOIL in English

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.

Use in sentences of SPOIL

    Meaning of SPOIL in English

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

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