Moby Thesaurus. Grady Ward. 1996.
spoils — plural noun 1) the spoils of war Syn: booty, loot, stolen goods, plunder, ill gotten gains, haul, pickings; informal swag, boodle 2) the spoils of office Syn: benefits, advantages, perks … Thesaurus of popular words
spoils|man — «SPOYLZ muhn», noun, plural men. 1. a person who gets or tries to get a government office or job as a reward for his service to the successful political party. 2. a person who supports the spoils system. ╂[American English] … Useful english dictionary
spoils system — the system or practice in which public offices with their emoluments and advantages are at the disposal of the victorious party for its own purposes. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * or patronage system In U.S. politics, the practice by political parties… … Universalium
spoils system — A system under which appointment to public office is a reward for political work, with resulting evils of inefficiency, extravagance, interruption of public business by office seekers, corruption of the electoral franchise, and political… … Ballentine's law dictionary
spoils system — noun chiefly US the practice of a successful political party of giving public office to its supporters … English new terms dictionary
Rotation in office — Rotation in office, or term limits, dates back to the American Revolution, and prior to that to the democracies and republics of antiquity. The council of 500 in ancient Athens rotated its entire membership annually, as did the ephorate in… … Wikipedia
spoil — spoilable, adj. spoilless, adj. /spoyl/, v., spoiled or spoilt, spoiling, n. v.t. 1. to damage severely or harm (something), esp. with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: The water stain spoiled the painting. Drought spoiled the … Universalium
boodle — Synonyms and related words: beat, bilk, blackmail, blunt, bomb, booty, brass, bread, bribe, bribe money, bucks, bundle, cabbage, campaign contribution, campaign fund, chips, chisel, chouse, cozen, defraud, diddle, dinero, do, dough, flimflam,… … Moby Thesaurus
graft — Synonyms and related words: abstraction, affix, anchor, annex, annexation, appropriation, attach, ballot box stuffing, belay, blackmail, boodle, boodling, boosting, booty, bribery, bribery and corruption, bribing, bud, bunco, campaign… … Moby Thesaurus
pork barrel — Synonyms and related words: Fort Knox, backscratching, bank, barter, blackmail, boodle, booty, bursary, cash register, cashbox, chest, coffer, coin box, depository, even trade, exchequer, favors of office, fisc, gold depository, graft, haul, hot… … Moby Thesaurus
