CIDE DICTIONARY
booty, n. [Cf. Icel. b 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. [1913 Webster]
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.
THESAURUS
booty
bag, blackmail, boodle, capture, catch, contraband, gain, graft, haul, hot goods, loot, perks, perquisite, pickings, plunder, pork barrel, prize, public till, public trough, seizure, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, squeeze, stealings, stolen goods, swag, take, takings, till
ROGET THESAURUS
booty
Booty
N
booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag, pickings, spolia opima, prey, blackmail, stolen goods, manubial.