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- noun That which is taken from another by
violence ; especially, theplunder taken from anenemy ; pillage; booty. - noun 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 - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
spoil .
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Examples
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Seriously has anyone heard of the term spoils of war.
The Crying of Lots 677 and 678 - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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I help them with their deer management plans, planting food plots, scouting, help out with chores sometimes, and give them some of the spoils from the game I harvest.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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Their labor force was set to exploiting the land for alien profit, and the monarchy was paid in spoils by the humans for the ‘right’ to live on their own lands.
The Real Truth about the European Monarchy | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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In 2007 both parties shared the same rosy growth expectations, and differed only on the question of how to divide the medium-term spoils between tax cuts and public spending.
Britain's economy is stagnating before the cuts bite. Osborne needs a plan C now | Robert Skidelsky 2011
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So these are my spoils from the fields of book collecting.
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I help them with their deer management plans, planting food plots, scouting, help out with chores sometimes, and give them some of the spoils from the game I harvest.
If a landowner gives me permission to hunt I give him a gift. 2009
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When the people of Nicaea went out to take spoils from the rat nibbled dead, the brought the plague back into the walls.
Taurus the Rat 2008
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She used the spoils from a recent expedition to make Wild Garlic Chutney and ate it spread on buttered toast.
Weekend Herb Blogging Roundup for May 5 - 11, 2008 Laurie Constantino 2008
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She used the spoils from a recent expedition to make Wild Garlic Chutney and ate it spread on buttered toast.
Archive 2008-05-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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The partnership ultimately ended over a dispute about the division of spoils from the Broadway musical of Oz in 1902.
Boing Boing 2007
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