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Significados de spoils em inglês

Profits from burglary, looting and raids.

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Examples for "booty"
Examples for "booty"
1
They penetrated defenses, gathered booty, and returned home as quickly as possible.
Country driving: a journey through china from farm to factory
2
Then the quantity and quality of the booty would also betray it.
Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
3
This girl is our booty; she belongs to us after the victory.
The Lock and Key Library: The Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
4
Hard by the city of Guadix are certain hamlets rich in booty.
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Anto...
5
The greater the number of thieves, the smaller each portion of booty.
A Woman Intervenes
1
Photo: Lucas Marshall The loot looks good for the climbers this year.
Climbing Magazine
2
I just hope nobody decides to loot this place while we're away.
Surrender to the will of the night
3
Meanwhile the main body of the Martians proceeded to explore and loot.
Last and First Men
4
Whittle's loot hadn't been money and watches, but parts taken from Mary.
Savage
5
He left the tavern at first light, taking his loot with him.
Rogues
1
Still, boodle does not map out all the social metes and bounds.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
2
We had to have that paper of his to find the boodle.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
3
Hand 'em back the boodle; and maybe they'll let you off light.
Cabbages and Kings
4
Meanwhile, Bunny, I may call upon you to dispose of the boodle.
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
5
The aristocracies of birth and boodle are sham counterfeits gotten up by man.
Dollars and Sense
Uso de spoils em inglês
1
Sample the spoils right from this fertile land with their pasture-to-plate approach.
The South African
2
The spoils of publicly funded research were quickly claimed by private interests.
Wired
3
Whether this happens depends how the spoils of economic progress are distributed.
BBC
4
Not an original thought went into the final division of the spoils.
The Irish Times
5
Party strategists believe even richer spoils could be had among baby boomers.
Reuters
6
You have overcome victory in giving back the spoils to the conquered.
Caesar: A Sketch
7
That spoils all the romance and dims the beauty of the diamond.
Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories
8
This is a pernicious practice; it spoils continuity of thought and application.
How to Use Your Mind / A Psychology of Study: Being a Manual for...
9
The savages, were clad in the spoils they had captured from civilisation.
The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse
10
The spoils taken by the Gauls were not less than the victory.
The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
11
Superstition and barbarism shared the honour and the spoils of this victory.
Prince Henry the Navigator, the Hero of Portugal and of Modern D...
12
Holding his spoils in his hands Ned walked swiftly up the street.
The Texan Star: The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty
13
In some ways it spoils the effect of what it should be.
BBC
14
Crying spoils your eyes and makes the end of your nose red.
The Golden Road
15
The gods of the conquered had always been part of her spoils.
Imperial Purple
16
Where the mouth is well shaped and expressive, the beard spoils it.
A Woman-Hater
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