mindmap root((劫掠)) spoil more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest: a governor who relished doling out the ~s of office. pillage applies to things taken with more open violence or lawlessness: filled his capital with the ~ of Europe. plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling: a fortune that was the ~ of years of political corruption. booty implies plunder that is to be shared among confederates: the thieves planned to divide their ~ later. prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or in the territorial waters of the enemy: a pirate ship ruthlessly seizing ~s. loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe: prowlers searched the storm-damaged cottages for ~.