loot
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loot
booty; spoils or plunder taken by pillaging; to ransack, plunder: loot the art museums
Not to be confused with:
lute – a stringed musical instrument
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loot
(lo͞ot)n.
1. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
2. Stolen goods or money.
3. Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received.
4. Slang Money.
v. loot·ed, loot·ing, loots
v.tr.
1. To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder: The rebels looted the city. Rioters looted the downtown stores.
2. To take by force or without right; steal: broke into the tomb and looted the grave goods.
v.intr.
To take goods by force or through lawless behavior.
loot′er n.
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loot
(luːt)n
1. goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc
2. goods, money, etc, obtained illegally
3. (Banking & Finance) informal money or wealth
4. the act of looting or plundering
vb
5. to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots
6. to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging
[C19: from Hindi lūt]
ˈlooter n
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loot
(lut)n.
1. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
2. anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar's loot.
3. a collection of gifts or purchases.
4. Slang. money.
5. the act of looting.
v.t. 6. to carry off or take (something) as loot: to loot a nation's art treasures.
7. to plunder or pillage (a place), as in war; despoil.
8. to rob, as by burglary or corrupt activity in public office: to loot the public treasury.
v.i. 9. to take loot; plunder.
[1780–90; < Hindi lūṭ]
loot′er, n.
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loot
Past participle: looted
Gerund: looting
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| Noun | 1. |  loot - goods or money obtained illegally stolen property - property that has been stolen cut - a share of the profits; "everyone got a cut of the earnings" |
| 2. |  loot - informal terms for money gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, boodle, clams, dinero, shekels, simoleons, wampum, dough, bread, cabbage, sugar, scratch money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us" | |
| Verb | 1. | loot - take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors" crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation" |
| 2. | loot - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
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loot
verb
noun
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loot
nounverb
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Translations
سَلْب، مَغْنَميَسْلُب، يَنْهَب
lupplenit
bytteplyndre
ryöstösaalis
hadizsákmányzsákmány
rænaránsfengur
plėšti
laupījumslaupītsirot
ganimetyağmalamak
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loot
(luːt) noun something which is stolen. The thieves got away with a lot of loot.
verb to rob or steal from (a place). The soldiers looted the shops of the captured town.
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