trophy

IPA: trˈoʊfi

An object, usually in the form of a statuette, cup, or shield, awarded for success in a competition or to mark a special achievement.
An object taken as a prize by a hunter, or a conqueror or belligerent, especially one that is displayed.
Any emblem of success; a status symbol.
(criminology, by extension) An object taken by a serial killer or rapist as a memento of the crime.
(historical, Ancient Rome) A tropæum.
(art, architecture) A display of weaponry and other militaria, often captured from a defeated enemy, as an ornament designed for the purpose of triumphalist display by a victor or as a show of military prowess by a monarch.
An artifact or artwork that has been stolen by a criminal and traded on the black market.
An animal killed by a trophy hunter that usually has its parts sold on the black market.

Examples of "trophy" in Sentences

Obviously, the term "trophy wife" meant something extremely different in the 1970s, when the film is set.
Ferguson is so driven by keeping the title trophy at Old Trafford that he has already calculated his route to Shangri La.
He also talked about Bart Starr and Jim Taylor, the need to play with pain and the title trophy that bears his last name.
He also talked about Bart Starr and Jim Taylor, the need to play with pain, and the title trophy that bears his last name.
He carried his daughter Eve onto the podium to collect his title trophy from British Olympic and world champion track cyclist Victoria Pendleton.
Even being in the same locker room where they toasted to the title trophy, there might not be a time this season that champagne-soaked championship celebration last June felt so distant.
With Arsenal lying three points behind leaders Chelsea (who could extend their lead at the top tonight if they beat Bolton at Stamford Bridge), the Gunners 'grasp on the title trophy is slipping away.