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Webster 1913 Edition
Booty
Boo′ty
,Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
bȳti
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Booty
BOOT'Y
,Noun.
1.
Spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.2.
That which is seized by violence and robbery.To play booty is to play dishonestly with an intent to lose.