war booty
1War booty — is a term used in international law to describe militarily useful property seized from an enemy in a time of war. Combatants are permitted to seize such property as is necessary to conduct a war, such as food, transportation, communications,… …
2booty — n. 1) to capture, seize, take booty 2) war booty * * * [ buːtɪ] seize take booty to capture war booty …
3booty — [[t]bu͟ːti[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Booty is a collection of valuable things stolen from a place, especially by soldiers after a battle. Troops destroyed the capital and confiscated many works of art as war booty. Syn: spoils 2) N COUNT: oft poss N… …
4War rape — describes rape committed by soldiers, other combatants or civilians during armed conflict or war. Rape in the course of war dates back to antiquity, ancient enough to have been mentioned in the Bible. During war and armed conflict rape is… …
5Booty — Boo ty, n. [Cf. Icel. b[=y]ti 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 …
6booty — booty1 [bo͞ot′ē] n. pl. booties [MLowG bute, akin to Ger beute; infl. by BOOT2] 1. loot taken from the enemy; spoils of war 2. anything seized by force or robbery; plunder 3. any gain, prize, or gift SYN. SPOIL ☆ booty2 …
7booty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ war VERB + BOOTY ▪ capture, carry off, seize, take ▪ divide, share …
8Booty — Captives or cattle or objects of value taken in war. In Canaan all that breathed were to be destroyed (Deut. 20: 16). The pictures and images of the Canaanites were to be destroyed also (Num. 33:52). The law of booty as to its division is laid …
9Booty Wood — Mitchell W. Bootie, better known as Booty Wood (December 27, 1919, Dayton, Ohio June 10, 1987, Dayton) was an American jazz trombonist.Wood played professionally on trombone from the late 1930s. He worked with Tiny Bradshaw and Lionel Hampton in… …
10booty — noun a) A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. You got a big ol booty. b) Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy. It’s my duty to please that bo …
