spoil
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- noun
- /spɔɪl/
:
botín
- Upon the war's quick conclusion in America's favor, to the victors went the spoils.
- spoils of war
- share the spoils
- divide the spoils
And he's happy to just spread spoils all the time.
- And he's happy to just spread spoils all the time.
- So it couldn't be just as simple as spoils go to the victor.
- And it kind of swings back and forth of who's taking the lion's share of the spoils in this this economy.
- But it can become just a way of proportionally dividing the spoils.
- As we know, he's actually pretty terrible, but because he wasn't going to get part of the the spoils.
- It's a spoils leaving it on your front steps for the cats to come piss on.
Examples
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Many historians study artifacts from ancient battles as they represent the spoils taken by victors.
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The soldiers returned home with the spoils of war, including gold and precious artifacts.
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On the right was offered as spoils of war.
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And remember this - we are not fighting for the spoils of war.
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Over the next three days, he would go hunting and share his spoils every night.
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As part of the spoils of war, Alexander became King of Poland.
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To the victor goes the spoils.
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Ninety percent of the museums around the world are filled with the spoils of war.
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The village celebrated the spoils acquired from their successful raid on the neighboring town.
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Idioms
- Informal
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To give someone too much kindness and gifts so they expect special treatment
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Etymology
Spoil (as in 'the spoils of war') comes from an old Latin word spolium and the verb spoliare, which meant 'to strip' or 'to plunder'. So the 'spoils' are the things soldiers 'stripped' from the enemy — the loot.