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to the victor go the spoils

to the victor go the spoils is the alternative form of to the victor belong the spoils.

Meaning of to the victor belong the spoils

Proverb

to the victor belong the spoils

  1. The winner of a conflict gains additional benefits, beyond the subject of the conflict.

Questions about to the victor go the spoils

What is to the victor go the spoils the alternative form of?
To the victor go the spoils is the alternative form of to the victor belong the spoils.

Words near to the victor go the spoils in the dictionary

  1. to the top of one's bent
  2. to the touch
  3. to the tune of
  4. to the turn of a hair
  5. to the victor belong the spoils
  6. to the victor go the spoils
  7. to the victor the spoils
  8. to the wide
  9. to thine own self be true
  10. to think that
  11. to this day

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Adapted from Wiktionary: to the victor go the spoils (page history and authors); to the victor belong the spoils (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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