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 Rosetta Stone, found in 1799, provided the key to deciphering hieroglyphics; it was discovered by the French army and was seized by the British as war booty.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
The penacho, experts say, was likely among the Mexican booty that the conquering Spanish dispatched back across the Atlantic.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
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
So she knew the annoying little brats were going to go digging for Dog Breath’s booty that very night.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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