spoils
Plundered goods taken
Spoils are goods seized by force, especially in war or conflict: the spoils of victory, to the victor go the spoils.
The word implies plunder divided among winners.
In politics, the spoils system awards government jobs to supporters of the winning party.
The singular spoil appears mainly in the verb—food spoils when it goes bad, and to spoil a child is to indulge them excessively.
Stolen valuables
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
marauding · ransacking · piracy · war prize · trophy · bounty · treasure · gold
Organic breakdown process
- decomposeBreak into simpler parts
- putrefyDecompose with stench
- spoilageFood degradation process
- moldForm-giving container
bacteria · perishable · taint · sour · stale · turn · curdle · fester
Illicit political gain
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- cronyismFavoring friends in appointments
nepotism · payoff · machine politics · ward boss · Tammany · pork barrel · plum · sinecure
Indulge excessively
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- overindulgePartake to excess
- doteLove to excess
- babyVery young child
mollycoddle · lavish · cater · brat · entitled · tantrum · ruin · overprotect
loot
Stolen valuables
- bootyStolen valuables, especially treasure
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- raidingSudden attack for plunder
conquest · marauding · ransacking · piracy · war prize · trophy · bounty · treasure · gold · riches
rot
Organic breakdown process
mold · bacteria · perishable · taint · sour · stale · turn · curdle · fester · rancid
graft
Illicit political gain
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
- briberyCorrupt payment for influence
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
cronyism · nepotism · payoff · machine politics · ward boss · Tammany · pork barrel · plum · sinecure · favor
pamper
Indulge excessively
- coddleOverindulge or poach gently
- overindulgePartake to excess
- doteLove to excess
baby · mollycoddle · lavish · cater · brat · entitled · tantrum · ruin · overprotect · helicopter parent
mar
Spoil the appearance
sabotage · undermine · blight · tarnish · sully · impair · vitiate · corrupt · deface · disfigure
- goes badrots, molds, sours, curdles, turns
- conquestwar of conquest, capture, invasion, domination, subjugation
- plunderlooting, loot, booty, pillaging, pillage
- winner'strophy, medal, crown, cup, ribbon
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- Roman triumphstriumphal arch, laurel wreath, chariot, quadriga, Capitol
- spoilt for choiceHaving too many alternatives
- spoiler alertCourtesy before plot disclosure
- spoiled bratOverindulged, insufferable child
- spoil someone rottenPamper to excess
- spoiled milkDairy past its prime
- spoiled food
spoil, spoiled, spoiling, unspoiled, spoiler, spoilt, despoil, spoilsport, unspoilt