to spoil a ballot paper
1spoil — [ spɔıl ] verb ** ▸ 1 make worse ▸ 2 allow child everything ▸ 3 treat someone with care ▸ 4 food: become too old ▸ 5 in election ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive to affect something in a way that makes it worse, less attractive, or less enjoyable:… …
2spoil — ► VERB (past and past part. spoilt (chiefly Brit. ) or spoiled) 1) diminish or destroy the value or quality of. 2) (of food) become unfit for eating. 3) harm the character of (a child) by being too indulgent. 4) treat with great or excessive… …
3spoil past tense and past participle spoiled or spoilt, — BrE verb 1 RUIN STH (T) to have a bad effect on something so that it is no longer attractive, enjoyable, useful etc: The countryside has been spoiled by the new freeway. | Don t spoil your sister s birthday by crying at her party. | spoil… …
4spoil — spoil1 [spɔıl] v past tense and past participle spoiled also spoilt [spɔılt] BrE ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(damage)¦ 2¦(treat too kindly)¦ 3¦(treat kindly)¦ 4¦(decay)¦ 5¦(voting)¦ 6 be spoiling for a fight/argument ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; …
5spoil — [[t]spɔ͟ɪl[/t]] spoils, spoiling, spoiled, spoilt (American English uses the form spoiled as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either spoiled or spoilt.) 1) VERB If you spoil something, you prevent it from being successful… …
6spoil — v. & n. v. (past and past part. spoilt or spoiled) 1 tr. a damage; diminish the value of (was spoilt by the rain; will spoil all the fun). b reduce a person s enjoyment etc. of (the news spoiled his dinner). 2 tr. injure the character of (esp. a… …
7spoil — verb (past and past participle spoilt (chiefly Brit.) or spoiled) 1》 diminish or destroy the value or quality of. ↘(of food) become unfit for eating. ↘mark (a ballot paper) incorrectly so as to invalidate one s vote. 2》 harm the character …
8Ballot — A ballot is a device (originally a small ball see blackball) used to record choices made by voters. Each voter uses one ballot, and ballots are not shared. In the simplest elections, a ballot may be a simple scrap of paper on which each voter… …
9ballot — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ secret ▪ open ▪ postal (BrE) ▪ absentee (esp. AmE) ▪ provisional ▪ …
10spoilt paper — noun In a ballot, a voting paper marked, esp deliberately, in such a way as to render it invalid • • • Main Entry: ↑spoil …