Hypertext Webster Gateway: "booty"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
booty
n : goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {pillage}, {plunder},
{prize}, {swag}]
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