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3 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: booty n : goods or money obtained illegally [syn: {loot}, {pillage}, {plunder}, {prize}, {swag}] 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).
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