Spoil \Spoil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoiledor Spoilt; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoiling.]

[F. spolier, OF. espoilelier, fr. L. spoliare, fr. spolium spoil. Cf. Despoil, Spoliation.]

1. To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession. ``Ye shall spoil the Egyptians.'' --Ex. iii. 22.

My sons their old, unhappy sire despise, Spoiled of his kingdom, and deprived of eues. --Pope.

2. To seize by violence;; to take by force; to plunder.

No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man. --Mark iii. 27.

3. To cause to decay and perish; to corrput; to vitiate; to mar.

Spiritual pride spoils many graces. --Jer. Taylor.

4. To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)