"spoils" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /spɔɪlz/ Audio: en-us-spoils.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔɪlz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} spoils pl (plural only)
  1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms (that which is taken from another by violence): booty Translations (that which is taken from another by violence): σκῦλα (skûla) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), λάφυρα (láphura) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), plundering (Dutch), roofbuit (Dutch), pillage [masculine] (French), sac [masculine] (French), Beute [feminine] (German), praeda [feminine] (Latin), exuviae [feminine, plural] (Latin), parakete (Maori), muremurenga (Maori), добы́ча (dobýča) [feminine] (Russian), गोग्रह (gograha) [masculine] (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-spoils-en-noun-v3ph9TIX Disambiguation of 'that which is taken from another by violence': 95 2 3 Disambiguation of 'that which is taken from another by violence': 95 2 3
  2. Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-spoils-en-noun-R-ev45DA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 38 44
  3. Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction.): vriendjespolitiek (Dutch), favoritisme [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-spoils-en-noun-XSw4eKTH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 38 44 Disambiguation of 'public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction.': 2 5 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: racial spoils, spoils of war, to the victor go the spoils Related terms: manubial

Verb [English]

IPA: /spɔɪlz/ Audio: en-us-spoils.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔɪlz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} spoils
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: spoil
    Sense id: en-spoils-en-verb-jcdkH2BR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 38 44 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 8 22 31 39

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