loot
noun
- goods stolen or taken by force, as from a captured enemy city in wartime or by a corrupt official or by rioters; plunder; spoils
- the act of looting
- Slang
- money
- items of value; esp., gifts received
transitive verb
- to plunder; strip of everything valuable; despoil
- to take or carry off as plunder; steal
intransitive verb
to engage in plundering
See loot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lo͞ot)
noun- Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
- Stolen goods.
- Informal Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery.
- Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received on one occasion.
- Slang Money.
verb loot·ed,
loot·ing,
loots verb, transitive- To pillage; spoil.
- To take as spoils; steal.
verb, intransitive To engage in pillaging.
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