spoil
Definitions of spoil
v. t. - 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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v. t. - To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.
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v. t. - To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.
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v. t. - 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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v. i. - To practice plunder or robbery.
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v. i. - To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.
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n. - That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
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n. - 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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n. - That which is gained by strength or effort.
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n. - The act or practice of plundering; robbery; aste.
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n. - Corruption; cause of corruption.
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n. - The slough, or cast skin, of a serpent or other animal.
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The word "spoil" uses 5 letters: I L O P S.
Direct anagrams of spoil:
polis
Words formed by adding one letter before or after spoil (in bold), or to ilops in any order:
e - pilose poleis polies h - polish o - polios s - spoils t - pilots pistol spoilt u - pilous poilus x - oxlips
Shorter words found within spoil:
is li lip lips lis lisp lo lop lops oil oils op ops os pi pis piso poi pois pol pols psi si silo sip slip slop so soil sol soli sop
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