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spoils
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | possessions stolen or gained |
| Synonyms: | booty*, cut*, gain, goods, graft, hot goods, loot, make*, pickings, pillage, plunder, prey, prize, squeeze, swag, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | baby, indulge |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, cater to, coddle, cosset, favor, humor, kill with kindness, mollycoddle, oblige, overindulge, pamper, spoon-feed |
| Antonyms: | be indifferent, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | spoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decay, turn bad |
| Synonyms: | addle, become tainted, become useless, break down, crumble, curdle, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, go bad, go off, mildew, molder, putrefy, rot, taint, turn |
| Antonyms: | grow |
| Main Entry: | booty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loot |
| Synonyms: | boodle, gain, goods, haul*, pickings, plunder, spoils, swag, takings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | haul |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something obtained or moved |
| Synonyms: | booty, burden, cargo, catch, find, freight, gain, harvest, lading, load, loot*, payload, spoils, takings, yield |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stolen goods |
| Synonyms: | booty, dough, graft, haul, hot goods, lift*, make*, money, pickings, pillage, plunder, plunderage, prize, seizure, spoils, squeeze, take* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trophy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical award |
| Synonyms: | blue ribbon, booty, citation, crown, cup, decoration, gold star, gold*, guerdon, keepsake, laurels, medal, memento, memorial, palm, prize, reminder, ribbon, souvenir, spoils, token |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | swag |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loot |
| Synonyms: | boodle, booty, bundle, decoration, festoon, graft, money, plunder, spoils |
| Main Entry: | abuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically hurt or injure |
| Synonyms: | bang up, beat up, bung up, corrupt, cut up, damage, defile, deprave, desecrate, harm, hose, ill-treat, impair, maltreat, mar, mess up*, mishandle, mistreat, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pollute, rough up, roughhouse, ruin, shake up, spoil, taint, total*, victimize, violate, wax |
| Notes: | abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it |
| Antonyms: | cherish, defend, help, preserve, protect, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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