To steal; take away unlawfully.To plunder or strip by force or violence; strip or deprive of something by stealing; deprive unlawfully; commit robbery upon. See robbery.To deprive.To carry away; ravish.To hinder; prevent.In metal-mining, to remove ore from (a mine) with a view to immediate profit rather than to the permanent safety and development of the property.In coal-mining, to cut away or reduce in size, as the pillars of coal left for the support of the mine.Synonyms and To despoil, fleece. See pillage, n.To commit robbery.n. The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, mixed with honey or sugar to the consistence of a conserve; a conserve of fruit.In spoil-five, when the trump card turned up is an ace, the dealer may rob it by discarding a card from his own hand in its place. If the trump card is not an ace, any player holding the ace of trumps may, when it is his turn to play to the first trick, pass a card to the dealer and receive the turned trump in its place.