prize

appreciate, value, prize, treasure, cherish mean to hold in high estimation.

appreciate often connotes sufficient understanding to enjoy or admire a thing's excellence.

value implies rating a thing highly for its intrinsic worth.

prize implies taking a deep pride in something one possesses.

treasure emphasizes jealously safeguarding something considered precious.

cherish implies a special love and care for something.

spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot mean something taken from another by force or craft.

spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.

plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.

booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.

prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.

loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.