Definition of spoils:
(n) :
that which is taken from another by
violence; especially, the
plunder taken from an
enemy; pillage; booty; 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
"Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." —Milton.
Definition of spoils:
(n) :
that which is taken from another by
violence; especially, the
plunder taken from an
enemy; pillage; booty; 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
"Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." —Milton.