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booty

/ˈbuti/

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What does booty mean?

noun

  1. A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
  2. Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
  3. (figuratively) Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
More meanings (7)

verb

  1. To collect booty.

noun

  1. (slang) The buttocks.
  2. Alternative spelling of bootee.
  3. (slang, vulgar) A person considered as a sexual partner or sex object.
  4. (slang, vulgar) Sexual intercourse.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

adjective

  1. (slang, vulgar) Of low quality; bad.

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IPA pronunciation

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And when they have the booty, if you and I do not rob them, cut this head off from my shoulders.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
And, therefore, making an incursion into the territories of Megalopolis, he wasted the country far and wide, and collected a considerable booty.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
More book examples (3)
For a long time, by means of small bands, it carried on the usual warfare with its neighbours for booty and alliances.
Carl von ClausewitzOn WarTranslated by J. J. (James John) GrahamProject Gutenberg ebook #1946
The Thugs never murder a man near his own home, and they never dispose of their booty near the scene of the murder.
Charles MackayMemoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #636
It is difficult to describe the rapacity with which the American rushes forward to secure the immense booty which fortune proffers to him.
Alexis de TocquevilleDemocracy in America — Volume 1Translated by Henry ReeveProject Gutenberg ebook #815