spoiling

transitive verb spoiled or Brit.spoilt, spoiling

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

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