I. noun
something taken from another by force or craft
gold, jewels, and paintings are often spoils of war
Synonyms: boodle, booty, loot, plunder, plunderage, prize, ||spreaghery, ||spulzie, swag
Related Word: acquisition, grab, haul, take; pickings, stealings; pillage, spoliation
II. verb
1.
Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
2.
Synonyms: injure 1, blemish, damage, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate
Related Word: ||snafu; ruin, wreck; demolish, destroy
3.
Synonyms: rape , defile, deflorate, deflower, force, outrage, ravish, violate
4.
Synonyms: baby , cater (to), cocker, coddle, cosset, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, ||much, pamper
Related Word: accommodate, favor, oblige
Idioms: spoil (one) rotten, spoil to death
5.
Synonyms: decay , break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn