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
Earthworks may refer to:
Construction
*Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land contour
* Earthworks (engineering), civil engineering works created by moving or processing quantities of soil
*Earthworks (military), m ...
* 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 da ...
* Spoil, a
one percenter in Australian rules football
See also
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Spoilage (disambiguation)
Spoilage, spoiling or (making something) spoiled may refer to:
* Spoiled child, a derogatory term aimed at children who exhibit behavioral problems from being overindulged by their parents.
*Decomposition, the process by which organic substances ar ...
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Spoiler (disambiguation)
Spoiler is a Vulnerability (computing), security vulnerability on modern computer central processing units that use speculative execution. It exploits side-effects of speculative execution to improve the efficiency of Rowhammer and other related m ...
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Spolia
''Spolia'' (Latin: 'spoils') is repurposed building stone for new construction or decorative sculpture reused in new monuments. It is the result of an ancient and widespread practice whereby stone that has been quarried, cut and used in a built ...
'' (Latin, 'spoils'), stones taken from an old structure and repurposed
* "
The Spoil", 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. These waste materials are typically composed of shale, as well as smaller quant ...
, a pile built of accumulated spoil removed during mining
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