Usually means: Patronage appointing friends to positions.
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  1. spoils system: Merriam-Webster
  2. spoils system: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. spoils system: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. spoils system: Collins English Dictionary
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  9. The spoils system, spoils system: Dictionary.com
  10. Spoils system: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  15. spoils system: Wiktionary

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  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. spoils system: Encyclopedia

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


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