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BOOTY
loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
(noun) goods or money obtained illegally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
booty (countable and uncountable, plural booties)
(nautical) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
(figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally obtained from elsewhere.
Synonyms
• (plunder): See Thesaurus:booty
Coordinate terms
• loot
Etymology 2
Noun
booty (plural booties)
(slang) The buttocks.
(vulgar, slang, not countable) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
(vulgar, slang) sexual intercourse.
(vulgar, slang) the vulva and vagina.
Etymology 3
Noun
booty (plural booties)
Alternative spelling of bootee
Source: Wiktionary
Boo"ty, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. b 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.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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