sotasaalis — meaning in English

English meaning

• pillage verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
• spoil verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
• trophy noun An object, such as a cup or statuette, awarded for winning a competition.

Senses

sotasaalis is used for these senses in English:

• pillage The spoils of war.
• spoil (Also in plural: spoils) Plunder taken from an enemy or victim.
• spoils of war Any profits extracted as the result of winning a war or other military activity.
• trophy (art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.

pillage — full definition

1. verb To loot or plunder a place by force, typically during war.
2. noun The act of looting, or the goods taken by looting.

spoil — full definition

1. verb To ruin something, making it unusable, unpleasant, or less enjoyable.
2. verb To indulge someone, especially a child, so much that it damages their character.
3. verb (of food) To go bad.
4. noun Plunder or loot taken by force, often in the phrase "the spoils of war."

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