booty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun goods or money obtained illegally
    swag; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money; loot.

WordNet


Boo"ty noun
Etymology
Cf. Icel. bti 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.
Definitions
  1. That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton. L'Estrange.

Webster 1913