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spoil noun

  /spɔɪl/
  • (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
 dépouille, butin

spoils noun

  /spɔɪlz/
  • Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage.
 distribution de postes à des membres du parti, favoritisme
  • That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty.
 pillage, sac

spoil verb

  /spɔɪl/
  • (transitive) To ruin; to damage (something) in some way making it unfit for use. [from 16th c.]
  • (transitive) To ruin the character of, by overindulgence; to coddle or pamper to excess. [from 17th c.]
 gâter, gâcher
  • (intransitive) Of food, to become bad, sour or rancid; to decay. [from 17th c.]
 gâter, tourner
  • (transitive) To reveal the ending or major events of (a story etc.); to ruin (a surprise) by exposing it ahead of time.
  • (transitive) To reveal the hidden details of something (typically plot developments in a piece of media), in the form of a spoiler.
 dévoiler, révéler, spoiler

spoiled adjective

  /spɔɪld/
  • (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.
 gâté, pourri

spoiling

abîmant
spoils of war
butin de guerre
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