spoilsmann.
U.S.
One who obtains, or seeks to obtain, a share of political spoils.
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society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > mercenariness > person
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1850 in T. H. Benton Thirty Years (1856) II. 784 The spoils~man that would sell his country for a mess of pottage.
1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) I. 38 The spoilsmen, whose purpose was to rob the exchequer and enrich themselves.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxv. 491 The extension of examinations will tend more and more to exclude mere spoilsmen from the public service.
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