1. (

• spoil

) (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy" ;

2. (

• spoil ,
• spoiling ,
• spoilage

) the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate" ;

3. (

• spoil ,
• spoliation ,
• spoilation ,
• despoilation ,
• despoilment ,
• despoliation

) the act of stripping and taking by force ;

1. (

• botch ,
• bodge ,
• bumble ,
• fumble ,
• botch_up ,
• muff ,
• blow ,
• flub ,
• screw_up ,
• ball_up ,
• spoil ,
• muck_up ,
• bungle ,
• fluff ,
• bollix ,
• bollix_up ,
• bollocks ,
• bollocks_up ,
• bobble ,
• mishandle ,
• louse_up ,
• foul_up ,
• mess_up ,
• fuck_up

) make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" ;

2. (

• spoil ,
• go_bad

) become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" ;

3. (

• corrupt ,
• spoil ,

) alter from the original ;

4. (

• pamper ,
• featherbed ,
• cosset ,
• cocker ,
• baby ,
• coddle ,
• mollycoddle ,
• spoil ,
• indulge

) treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" ;

5. (

• thwart ,
• queer ,
• spoil ,
• scotch ,
• foil ,
• cross ,
• frustrate ,
• baffle ,
• bilk ,

) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" ;

6. (

• itch ,
• spoil

) have a strong desire or urge to do something; "She is itching to start the project"; "He is spoiling for a fight" ;

7. (

• rape ,
• spoil ,
• despoil ,
• violate ,
• plunder ,

) destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" ;

8. (

• mar ,
• impair ,
• spoil ,
• deflower ,
• vitiate ,

) make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" ;