transitive verb spoiled or Brit.spoilt, spoiling spoil′·ing

1. to damage or injure in such a way as to make useless, valueless, etc.; destroy
2. to mar or impair the enjoyment, quality, or functioning of rain spoiled the picnic
3. to overindulge so as to cause to demand or expect too much
4. Archaic
   1. to strip (a person) of goods, money, etc. by force
   2. to rob; pillage; plunder
   3. to seize (goods) by force

Etymology: ME spoilen < MFr espoillier < L spoliare, to plunder < spolium, arms taken from a defeated foe, plunder, orig., hide stripped from an animal < IE base *(s)p(h)el-, to split, tear off > spall, spill

intransitive verb

1. to be damaged or injured in such a way as to become useless, valueless, etc.; specif., to decay, as food
2. Archaic to pillage; plunder

noun

1. 1. goods, territory, etc. taken by force in war; plunder; loot; booty
   2. ☆ public offices to which the successful political party has the power of appointment
2. an object of plunder; prey
3. waste material removed in making excavations, etc.
4. Archaic the act of plundering; spoliation
5. Obsolete damage; impairment

Etymology: ME spoile < MFr espoille < L spolia, pl.