Boo"ty (?), n. [Cf. Icel. b?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.] That which is
seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil
taken in war; plunder; pillage. Milton.
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.]
L'Estrange.