0 an action or plan that is intended to spoil or stop what someone else is doing or planning:
She hit out at the spoiling tactics of a group of MPs who deliberately caused a parliamentary bill to fail.
They could use that as a spoiling tactic to sabotage a takeover.
I think it is manifest this afternoon that this is a ridiculous spoiling tactic.
In summary, the amendments are simply a spoiling tactic.
Nothing was achieved, simply because their only tactic was a spoiling tactic of not negotiating, but making things difficult for the people whose support we actually required.
His great concentration, solid marking, effective spoiling tactics, courage, pace and superb kicking resulted in nightmares for opposing forwards.
