spoils
Speech parts
1. spoils - Noun
2. spoils - Verb
Meaning
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations.
e.g., 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.
spoils
third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil
Milk spoils when left out too long.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
I think it's bad to talk about one's present work, for it spoils something at the root of the creative act. It discharges the tension.
The victor belongs to the spoils.
One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
One scabby sheep spoils a flock.
A little gall spoils much honey.