About The Word Booty
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Booty
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What's The Definition Of Booty?
[n] goods or money obtained illegally
Synonyms | Synonyms for Booty: loot | pillage | plunder | prize | swag Related Terms | Find terms related to Booty: bag | blackmail | boodle | capture | catch | contraband | gain | graft | haul | hot goods | loot | perks | perquisite | pickings | plunder | pork barrel | prize | public till | public trough | seizure | spoil | spoils | spoils of office | squeeze | stealings | stolen goods | swag | take | takings | till See Also | cut | stolen property Booty In Webster's Dictionary \Boo"ty\, n. [Cf. Icel. b?ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte
barter, booty, Dan. bytte; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute,
and fr. Icel. byta, Sw. byta, Dan. bytte, to distribute,
exchange. The Scandinavian word was influenced in English by
boot profit.]
That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery,
especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
--Milton.
{To play booty}, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose;
to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in
order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him
afterwards. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
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