Meaning & use

booty

noun·Advanced

Valuable goods or treasure taken by force, especially by pirates, soldiers, or thieves.

See it in a sentence

The pirates buried their booty on a remote island to keep it hidden.

Archaeologists found what may have been Viking booty hidden beneath the church floor.

A note on using this word

Booty specifically implies goods seized through raiding or conquest, unlike treasure, which can simply mean valuable items.

Words with a similar meaning

plunderlootspoils

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Another way to use it

2. noun

An informal term for a person's buttocks.

The dance class ended with a fun song about shaking your booty.

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