boo·ty /ˈbuti/
戰利品,獲得之物
Boo·ty n. That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
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.]
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booty
n : goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, pillage, plunder,
prize, swag, dirty money]
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).