booty

Meaning

Noun

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

Adj

Of low quality; bad.

Synonyms

loot

plunder

spoil

spoils

stolen goods

game

pillage

prize

prey

bum

swag

butt

stolen property

dirty money

rump

arse

ass

🍑

buns

haul

kill

🔪🩸👤

output

trophy

🏆

tush

spoils of war

exuviae

despoil

prise

catch

quarry

robbing

accession

buttocks

bribery

boodle

bag

acquisition

bootie

hership

pick

⛏️

picking

gain

Translations

butin

botín

Beute

bottino

buit

λεία

praeda

Kriegsbeute

spolium

λάφυρο

presa

botí

pilhagem

çapul

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbuːti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: buty

Cognate with Middle High German: biute

Cognate with German: Beute

In summary

From Middle English buty, botye, bottyne, from Old French butin, botin, from Middle Low German bǖte (“distribution, exchange, loot”), of obscure origin, but related to Middle High German biute, German Beute (“booty”). Possibly ultimately from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“profit, gains; victory”). Sense perhaps influenced by boot (as in to boot).