Spoil or spoils may refer to:
* Spoils, the proceeds of
looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. ...
taken from an enemy or victim
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Overburden
In mining, overburden (also called waste or spoil) is the material that lies above an area that lends itself to economical exploitation, such as the rock, soil, and ecosystem that lies above a coal seam or ore body. Overburden is distinct from tai ...
, or spoil, the material that lies above an area that lends itself to economical exploitation
* Spoil, material removed by
earthworks
* Spoil, material removed by
dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing d ...
* Spoil, a
one percenter in Australian rules football
See also
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Spoilage (disambiguation)
Spoilage or spoiling may refer to:
* Decomposition, the process by which organic substances are broken down into simpler matter.
** Food spoilage, the process in which food deteriorates to the point in which it is not edible to humans or its quali ...
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Spoiler (disambiguation)
Spoiler or Spoilers may refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
* Spoiler (media), something that reveals significant plot elements
* The Spoiler, DC Comics superheroine Stephanie Brown
Film and television
* ''Spoiler'' (film), 1998 American ...
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Spolia
''Spolia'' (Latin for 'spoils'; : ''spolium'') are stones taken from an old structure and repurposed for new construction or decorative purposes. It is the result of an ancient and widespread practice (spoliation) whereby stone that has been quar ...
'' (Latin, 'spoils'), stones taken from an old structure and repurposed
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The Spoil
"The Spoil" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American Neo-Western television series '' Justified''. It is the 21st overall episode of the series and was written by supervising producer Dave Andron from a story by Andron and ...
", an episode of the TV series ''Justified''
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Spoil tip
A spoil tip (also called a boney pile, culm bank, gob pile, waste tip or bing) is a pile built of accumulated ''spoil'' – waste material removed during mining. Spoil tips are not formed of slag, but in some areas, such as England and Wales, ...
, a pile built of accumulated spoil removed during mining
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