See spoil in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To become or cause to become rotten or unsound:
break down, decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See better, thriveTo cause the complete ruin or wreckage of:
bankrupt, break down, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack2, wreck. (Slang) total. Idiom: put the kibosh on. See helpTo harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:
ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff. (Informal) bollix up, muck up. (Slang) blow1, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu. Idiom: make a muck of. See correct, helpTo treat with indulgence and often overtender care:
baby, cater, coddle, cosset, indulge, mollycoddle, overindulge, pamper. See treat well- (Archaic)
To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war:
depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack2, spoliate, strip1. (Archaic) harrow. See crimes, give
noun
Goods or property seized unlawfully, especially by a victor in wartime.
Used in plural: booty, loot, pillage, plunder. (Slang) boodle. (Nautical) prize2. See crimes, giveThe political appointments or jobs that are at the disposal of those in power.
Used in plural: patronage. (Slang) pork. See politics
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