booty

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I offered to take the blame, if it came to a showdown, and explain to the customs people that the booty was all mine.

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  1. noun Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war.
  2. noun Goods or property seized by force or piracy.
  3. noun A valuable prize, award, or gain.

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  1. Middle English botye (influenced by bote, advantage; see boot2), probably from Middle Low German būte, exchange.
  2. African American Vernacular English, from obsolete Black English booty, body, perhaps alteration of body.

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  1. Early modern English also bootie, boty, botie, from late Middle English botye, buty, prob. from Middle Dutch buet, Dutch buit, booty, = Middle Low German bute, buite, Low German büte, booty, also exchange, barter, = Middle High German biute, German beute, booty (prob. from Low German), = Icelandic by¯ti, exchange, barter, = Swedish byte = Danish by¯tte, exchange, barter, share, booty; connected with Middle Low German buten, exchange, distribute, make booty, Low German büten, exchange, barter, = Icelandic by¯ta, give out, distribute, exchange, = Swedish byta, exchange, = Danish bytte, exchange, barter (also, from the noun, Dutch buiten = German beuten, make booty); apparently a Teutonic word, but not found in early use. Cf. French butin = Spanish botin = Italian bottino (Middle Latin botinum, butinum, with adjective termination), from the Low German The English form booty, instead of the expected boot (which does occur later, apparently as short for booty), or rather *boute, *bout, or *boit, from the D. or Low German, seems to be due to association with the orig. unrelated boot, profit, etc., and in part perhaps to the influence of the F. butin, which was also for a time used in English
 

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