"play booty" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: plays booty [present, singular, third-person], playing booty [participle, present], played booty [participle, past], played booty [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} play booty (third-person singular simple present plays booty, present participle playing booty, simple past and past participle played booty)
  1. (archaic, idiomatic) To play a game dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce them to continue playing and victimize them afterwards. Tags: archaic, idiomatic Related terms: hustle
    Sense id: en-play_booty-en-verb-Cpg-oAe8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (archaic, idiomatic, figurative, by extension) To double-cross someone. Tags: archaic, broadly, figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-play_booty-en-verb-gIC-qYRs

Inflected forms

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