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spoils (noun)

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  • spoils — noun VERB + SPOILS ▪ divide, share ▪ The soldiers began to divide the spoils. ▪ claim, take ▪ enjoy ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • spoils — noun a) That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.… …   Wiktionary

  • spoils — noun (plural) formal or literary a) things taken by an army from a defeated enemy, or things taken by thieves: the spoils of war | dividing up the spoils b) profits gained through political power …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • spoils|man — «SPOYLZ muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a person who gets or tries to get a government office or job as a reward for his service to the successful political party. 2. a person who supports the spoils system. ╂[American English] …   Useful english dictionary

  • spoils — I noun booty, gains, grab, graft, haul, ill gotten gains, loot, pelf, pickings, pillage, plunder, plunderage, prize, ravin, spolia, stolen goods, swag, take, takings, winnings II index plunder, stake (award) …   Law dictionary

  • spoils — [ spɔılz ] noun plural LITERARY the benefits that someone gets when they win something, for example a war a. the prize that someone gets when they win a competition …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • spoils system — noun Date: 1838 a practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as plunder to be distributed to members of the victorious party …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • spoils of war — noun Any profits extracted as the result of winning a war or other military activity …   Wiktionary

  • spoils system — noun chiefly US the practice of a successful political party of giving public office to its supporters …   English new terms dictionary

  • spoils system — noun the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power • Ant: ↑merit system • Hypernyms: ↑system, ↑system of rules …   Useful english dictionary

  • spoils — plural noun 1) the spoils of war Syn: booty, loot, stolen goods, plunder, ill gotten gains, haul, pickings; informal swag, boodle 2) the spoils of office Syn: benefits, advantages, perks …   Thesaurus of popular words

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