Usually means: Assets seized during armed conflict.
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  1. Spoils of War, spoils of war: Wiktionary
  2. Spoils of War (film), Spoils of War, Spoils of war, The Spoils of War (Game of Thrones), The Spoils of War (TV serial), The Spoils of War (symposium): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. spoils of war: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Spoils of War)

▸ noun:  Any profits extracted as the result of winning a war or other military activity.
▸ noun:  The eighth sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Similar:
profiting, money's worth, take, superprofit, profit taking, over, peace dividend, sinews of war, surplus value, surplus, more...

Opposite:
booty, plunder, loot, prize, spoils of peace

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Similar:
profiting, money's worth, take, superprofit, profit taking, over, peace dividend, sinews of war, surplus value, surplus, more...

Opposite:
booty, plunder, loot, prize, spoils of peace



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