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d 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.

Freebootery. [Obs.]

Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] Shak.

To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] Sir. J. Harrington.

A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.

to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in. They to go equal shares in the booty. L'Estrange.

Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.

To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.

A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.

To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in advance of an army. See Picaroon. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

er or others by open force, particularly and chiefly from enemies in war; plunder; spoil; booty. Which pillage they with merry march bring home. Shak.

That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud. "He shared in the plunder." Cowper.

Prey; plunder; booty. [Obs.] Holinshed.

ods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest. Num. xxxi. 12.

To rove over, through, or about in a stealthy manner; esp., to search in, as for prey or booty. He prowls each place, still in new colors decked. Sir P. Sidney.

is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty. Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton.

Plunder, or booty. [Written also spuilzie, and spulye.] Sir W. Scott.

A burglar's or thief's booty; boodle. [Cant or Slang] Charles Reade.