spoil

• When my plunderers began to quarrel for the spoil, the idea of escape came like lightning across my mind, and without a moment's hesitation or reflection, I crept under the belly of the horse nearest me, and started as fast as my legs could carry me for the thickest part of the wood. —  Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa
• All the spoil was then deposited before their Naik or headman, who divided it into equal shares for members of the gang, keeping a double share for himself 3. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
• A percentage of the spoil was always paid to the Governor, while the constant raiding on the Main prevented the Spaniards from attacking the new colony in force. —  On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
• Among the spoil was the carcass of a mule (which made "a very good meal"), and a box of chocolate "so that now we had each morning a dish of that pleasant liquor," such as the grand English ladies drank The next town attacked was La Serena, a town five miles from the present Coquimbo. —  On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
• These distributions must have stimulated a passion for all Syrian goods, and as the spoil was insufficient to satisfy the increasing demands of the consumer, the waning commerce which had been carried on from early times was once more revived and extended, till every route, whether by land or water, between Thebes, Memphis, and the Asiatic cities, was thronged by those engaged in its pursuit. —  History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 5 (of 12)

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