°That which is taken from another by
violence; especially, the
plunder taken from an
enemy; pillage; booty.
""Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." —Milton."
°Public
offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as.
"to the victor belong the spoils"