English Dictionary

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.
Source : opted (147007)  - auto

To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
Source : opted (147008)  - auto

To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
Source : opted (147009)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (147010)  - auto

To practice plunder or robbery.
Source : opted (147011)  - auto

To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
Source : opted (147012)  - auto

That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Source : opted (147013)  - auto

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.
Source : opted (147014)  - auto

That which is gained by strength or effort.
Source : opted (147015)  - auto

The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
Source : opted (147016)  - auto