From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Booty \Boo"ty\, n. [Cf. Icel. b[=y]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.
[1913 Webster]
{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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
booty
n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {booty},
{pillage}, {plunder}, {prize}, {swag}, {dirty money}]
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