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Definition of spoils system. : a practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as plunder for members of the victorious party.
The term was derived from the phrase to the victor belong the spoils by New York Senator William L. Marcy, referring to the victory of the Jackson Democrats in the election of 1828, with the term spoils meaning goods or benefits taken from the loser in a competition, election or military victory.he spoils system survived much longer in many states, counties and municipalities, such as the Tammany Hall ring, which survived well into the 1930s when New York City reformed its own civil service.