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  1. spoils systems: Merriam-Webster
  2. spoils systems: Collins English Dictionary
  3. spoils systems: Vocabulary.com
  4. spoils systems: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. spoils systems: Encyclopedia

(Note: See spoils_system as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (spoils system)

noun:  (politics) A practice in which a successful political party offers government jobs to its supporters.
▸ Also see spoils_system


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