| Spoilsman (n.) One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service. Thesaurus Entries body snatcher, boodler, booster, chicken thief, con man, crook, crooked politician, den of thieves, embezzler, filcher, ganef, ghoul, grave robber, influence peddler, jackleg politician, jewel thief, land pirate, land shark, land-grabber, larcener, larcenist, lifter, peculator, petty thief, pilferer, poacher, prowler, purloiner, robber, scrounger, shoplifter, sneak thief, spoilsman, spoilsmonger, stealer, swindler, thief, white-collar thief |