spoils

If the weather spoils your plans this year, there is not too long to wait until the Geminids peak in our skies on the night of 12 December.

Andrew Robertson gave Liverpool the lead against the Clarets before Jay Rodriguez equalised to give the visitors a share of the spoils.

Some viewers might feel the final movement spoils the film, but others will applaud the bizarre twist - as many critics have.

Thieving, the man gushed, is freeing, and, by its very nature, comes with a reward — or spoils.

The men were then led away and shot, while the women were abducted as the "spoils of war".