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Spoils
/spɔɪlz/
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
📖 Definitions of "Spoils"
verb
- 1
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of their arms or armour.
- 2
To strip or deprive (someone) of their possessions; to rob, despoil.
- 3
To plunder, pillage (a city, country etc.).
- 4
To carry off (goods) by force; to steal.
noun
- 1
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
- 2
Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
"To the victor belong the spoils."
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