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loot Definition

loot (lo̵̅o̅t)

noun

  1. goods stolen or taken by force, as from a captured enemy city in wartime or by a corrupt official or by rioters; plunder; spoils
  2. the act of looting
  3. Slang
    1. money
    2. items of value; esp., gifts received

Etymology: Hindi lūt < Sans luṇṭ, to rob

transitive verb

  1. to plunder; strip of everything valuable; despoil
  2. to take or carry off as plunder; steal

intransitive verb

to engage in plundering

loot Related Forms
looter noun
loot Synonyms

loot

n.

booty, spoils, plunder, take*; see booty. See syn. study at booty.

loot Synonyms

loot

v.

plunder, thieve, rifle; see rob, steal.

loot Usage Examples

Object

  • antiquity: None of the items displayed at a news conference were priceless antiquities looted from Iraqi museums.
  • treasure: Once a notorious base used by pirates, Cocos is reputed to still hold vast fortunes of looted treasure hidden within its forests.
  • artifact: Their involvement helps make the looted artifacts more saleable.
  • gold: Minister Stucki, the head of the Swiss delegation, also refuted the validity of the concept of looted gold.
  • fragment: The present location of most of the looted Assyrian fragments is unknown.
  • object: Many looted objects have turned up in this city.

Converse of object

  • steal: Then three burglars turn up, expecting no one there to stop them stealing the loot.
  • get: What an odd half hour as we waited for him to get the loot.
  • take: The outlaws walk into town, rob the bank and take the loot to the train station to win.
  • have: I have the loot to go out, I just don't want to.
  • bury: In either case it appears to have seemed sensible to bury the loot.

Adjective modifier

  • Nazi: He knew of several stashes of Nazi loot, hidden at various locations.

Modifies a noun

  • bag: Gone are the days of the plastic loot bags!

Modifying Another Word

  • systematically: Many Iron Age sites have been systematically looted for small items of saleable jewelry.
  • again: Of the game my family at looted again quot on the.
  • then: With 1,400 men he defeated the garrison of 2,600 in pitched battle outside the city, which he then looted.
  • also: She also looted his special time of the night.
  • not: The Vikings would not loot the city or otherwise damage it.
  • reportedly: To further terrorize ethnic Albanians, Serbs reportedly looted and burned their homes and shops throughout the town.

Preposition: from

  • site: The pieces, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars, were looted from Egyptian archeological sites in the spring.