The Collaborative International Dictionary
To play booty
Booty \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.]
That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery,
especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.
--Milton.
To play booty, to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose;
to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in
order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him
afterwards. [Obs.]
--L'Estrange.