booty - 6 dictionary results
boo⋅ty
[boo-tee] 
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage. |
| 2. | something that is seized by violence and robbery. |
| 3. | any prize or gain. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME botye, var. of buty < MLG bute booty (orig. a sharing of the spoils); c. ON bȳti exchange, barter; oo of boot 2
1425–75; late ME botye, var. of buty < MLG bute booty (orig. a sharing of the spoils); c. ON bȳti exchange, barter; oo of boot 2
Related forms:
boo⋅ty⋅less, adjective
Synonyms:
1–3. spoils, loot, gain, takings, winnings, swag.
1–3. spoils, loot, gain, takings, winnings, swag.
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| boo·ty 1 (bōō'tē) n. pl. boo·ties
[Middle English botye (influenced by bote, advantage; see boot2), probably from Middle Low German būte, exchange.] |
| boo·ty 2 (bōō'tē) n. pl. boo·ties also boo·dies
[African American Vernacular English, from obsolete Black English booty, body, perhaps alteration of body.] |
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Booty
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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Language Translation for : booty
Spanish:
botín,
German:
die Kriegsbeute, die Ausbeute,
Japanese:
戦利品
booty
"plunder, gain, profit," c.1439, from O.Fr. butin "booty," from M.L.G. bute "exchange;" infl. in form and sense by boot (2). Meaning "female body considered as a sex object" is 1920s, black slang.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Booty
captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The "pictures and images" of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid down in Num. 31:26-47. David afterwards introduced a regulation that the baggage-guard should share the booty equally with the soldiers engaged in battle. He also devoted of the spoils of war for the temple (1 Sam. 30:24-26; 2 Sam. 8:11; 1 Chr. 26:27).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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