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boo⋅ty

  [boo-tee]
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–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

Related forms:
boo⋅ty⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
1–3. spoils, loot, gain, takings, winnings, swag.
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boo·ty 1   (bōō'tē)   
n.   pl. boo·ties

  1. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war.

  2. Goods or property seized by force or piracy.

  3. A valuable prize, award, or gain.


[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

  1. Slang The buttocks.

  2. Vulgar Slang

    1. The vulva or vagina.

    2. Sexual intercourse.


[African American Vernacular English, from obsolete Black English booty, body, perhaps alteration of body.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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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