spoils

Noun

(plural only)

That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Public offices and their benefits 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

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative form of spoil
Milk spoils when left out too long.

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McBain's De Witt Clinton and the Origin of the Spoils System in New York (New York, 1907).
The auction continued in full swing, the outdoor area crowded with bargain seekers, their acquired spoils piled high about them.
The earliest of the great works of Pheidias were dedications in memory of Marathon, from the spoils of the victory.
Message from the empress in 565, he is said to have invited this fiercest and rudest of the Teutonic clans to seize the spoils of Italy.
"It's the steam that spoils them," he added, stretching out his feet toward the fire.

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