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

He doesn’t sail the seas in search of sunken ships and pirate booty.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Archaeologists believe the swords were hidden by Judean rebels after they were seized from the Roman army as booty.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2023

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

The judge unknotted the scarf and let the flowered silk float down around the booty: her father's railroad watch, a pearl necklace, cuff links, a pin and earrings set, a clock.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin