play booty

verb2

1. •
   (no longer used) To hustle (play deliberately badly at a game or sport in an attempt to encourage players to challenge one).

   • So that we understand what we ought to do; but when we come to deliberate, we play booty against ourselves — 1692
2. •
   (figurative, no longer used) To double-cross someone.

   • Oh, we see through you, John Silver; you want to play booty, that’s what’s wrong with you. — 1881