English-French translations for spoils

• butin
  Ce procédé ressemblerait à un partage du butin. Such a procedure would almost smack of sharing out the spoils.
  Dieu merci, Hitler a été vaincu et a dû rendre son butin.Thank God, Hitler was defeated and had to surrender his spoils.
  Les luttes intestines impérialistes pour une part du butin s'intensifient, en dépit de la stratégie de coopération avec les États-Unis et l'OTAN. Imperialist infighting for a share of the spoils is hotting up, despite the strategy of cooperation with the USA and NATO.
• dépouille
• distribution de postes à des membres du parti
• favoritisme
• pillage
• sac

Definition of spoils

• That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty
• Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage

Examples

• To the victor belong the spoils.

Related words

• spoilsport
• spoils of war
• to the victor go the spoils
• exchange (spoils or loot)