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