booty

booty
noun
ADJECTIVE
war
VERB + BOOTY
capture, carry off, seize, take
divide, share, split

They divided the booty among the troops.

Booty is used after these nouns: ↑war

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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Synonyms:
(to be used for any purpose), ,


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  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Booty — may refer to:* A nautical term for treasure * American slang for buttocks Other uses * Booty (computer game) * Booty (EastEnders) …   Wikipedia

  • booty — plunder, gain, profit, mid 15c., from O.Fr. butin booty (14c.), from a Germanic source akin to M.L.G. bute exchange. Influenced in form and sense by BOOT (Cf. boot) (2) and in form by nouns ending in y. Meaning female body considered as a sex… …   Etymology dictionary

  • booty — booty1 [bo͞ot′ē] n. pl. booties [MLowG bute, akin to Ger beute; infl. by BOOT2] 1. loot taken from the enemy; spoils of war 2. anything seized by force or robbery; plunder 3. any gain, prize, or gift SYN. SPOIL ☆ booty2 …   English World dictionary

  • booty — index pillage, plunder, prize, reward, spoils Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • booty — *spoil, loot, plunder, prize, swag …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • booty — [n] loot boodle, gain, goods, haul*, pickings*, plunder, spoils, swag, takings*; concepts 337,710 …   New thesaurus

  • booty — ► NOUN ▪ valuable stolen goods. ORIGIN Low German b te, buite exchange, distribution …   English terms dictionary

  • booty — n. 1) to capture, seize, take booty 2) war booty * * * [ buːtɪ] seize take booty to capture war booty …   Combinatory dictionary

  • Booty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Booty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 booty booty spoil plunder prize loot swag ???>* pickings Sgm: N 1 spolia opima spolia opima prey Sgm: N 1 blackmail blackmail …   English dictionary for students

  • Booty — Recorded as Bootie and Booty, this is an English surname. Recorded mainly in the East Anglian counties of England, the derivation is from the Old English pre 7th century male given name, Bota , and as such it was a nickname of endearment for… …   Surnames reference

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