trophies

Noun

trophy (plural trophies)

1. An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
   • He won the trophy in a running competition.
2. An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
   • The set of antlers which hung on the wall was his prized trophy.
3. Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
   • His trophies included his second wife, his successful children, the third and fourth homes in Palm Beach and Malibu, and his three yachts.
4. (broadly) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
5. (Ancient-Rome, historical) A tropæum.
6. 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.
   • The souvenirs which many killers retain of their victims are often described as trophies, and Norman Bates's taxidermic interests derived from the real-life Ed Gein.1994, Philip Jenkins, Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide, →ISBN, page 117

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