- 1the spoils [plural] (formal or literary) goods taken from a place by thieves or by an army that has won a battle or war the spoils of war The robbers divided up the spoils.
- 2spoils [plural] the profits or advantages that someone gets from being successful the spoils of high office The two teams shared the spoils with a 1–1 result.
- 3[uncountable] (technology) waste material that is brought up when a hole is dug, etc.
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