That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy spoils.
Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
dredging spoils
Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
To the victor belong the spoils.
third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
Milk spoils when left out too long.
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