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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 240 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

BOOTY (apparently influenced by " See also:
BOOT
boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an See also:
ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)
adaptation from an earlier See also:
FORM (Lat. forma)
form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin) , See also:

PLUNDER

plunder or gain . The phrase " to See also:

PLAY

play See also:

BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

booty," dating from the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, means to play into a confederate's hands, or to play intentionally badly at first in See also:

order to deceive an opponent .

End of Article: BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

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