loot
1- spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
- anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar's loot.
- a collection of valued objects: The children shouted and laughed as they opened their Christmas loot.
- Slang. money: You'll have a fine time spending all that loot.
- act of looting or plundering: to take part in the loot of a conquered city.
- to carry off or take (something) as loot: to loot a nation's art treasures.
- to despoil by taking loot; plunder or pillage (a city, house, etc.), as in war.
- to rob, as by burglary or corrupt activity in public office: to loot the public treasury.
- to take loot; plunder: The conquerors looted and robbed.
Origin of loot
1Synonyms for loot
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2- simple past tense of let1.
Related Words for looting
burglarize, raid, pillage, rob, snatch, plunder, gut, grab, ransack, boost, thieve, loft, liberate, make, swipe, sack, despoil, relieve, appropriate, liftExamples from the Web for looting
Contemporary Examples of looting
But burning, rioting, and looting are disgraceful—and they make for real-life victims we somehow never hear about.
Rioting and looting ensued shortly after the verdict and racial tensions were tense across the United States for years to follow.
In January 1948, Spitz again fell under suspicion for his role in the looting of art in Europe during the war.
NOTE: D'Souza's quote from Newsmax compared ISIS to 'what's going on in Furgeson,' and beheading to looting.
This reminded me of the street battles going on in Missouri and looting accusations.
Historical Examples of looting
He's in it, just as much as if he'd got a thousand men behind him, all looting territory.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
The joints had been better barricaded, and the looting had been kept to a minimum.
Police Your PlanetLester del Rey
Over on the east coast, the outlaws are looting whole towns.
The Cosmic ComputerHenry Beam Piper
The lusts of conquest, and of looting, and of combat, all contribute to this spirit of war.
The Psychology of NationsG.E. Partridge
The looting went on persistently and on a scale almost unthinkable.
A History of the United StatesCecil Chesterton
loot
- goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc
- goods, money, etc, obtained illegally
- informal money or wealth
- the act of looting or plundering
- to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots
- to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging
Word Origin for loot
Word Origin and History for looting
1842, verbal noun from loot (v.).