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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 boo·ty /ˈbuti/
 戰利品,獲得之物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 booty
      n : goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, pillage, plunder,
           prize, swag, dirty money]

From: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

 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).