booty

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Important works of art from Bohemian lands were destroyed by iconoclasts during the Hussite Wars of the 15th century, and much was taken as booty during the Thirty Years’ War in the 17th.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

The North Koreans have not only made their thievery more efficient, but have also refined their money-laundering techniques to the point that the stolen booty disappears into the dark reaches of cyberspace within days.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2025

“I think we kick ourselves in the booty by taking someone off the ballot, why force someone off a ballot,” shouts one woman in between cheers for the hockey.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

Assyrian ivory carving of a man leading an antelope by the horns, as booty to enrich a treasury.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

When the Shoshone finally obtained guns—they traded with their linguistic cousins, the Nermernuh, who took the weapons as booty from defeated Spaniards—open warfare broke out.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann