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View usage for: (luːt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense loots, present participle looting, past tense, past participle looted1. verbIf people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot. The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops. [VERB noun] There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to lootand steal. [VERB] Synonyms: plunder, rob, raid, sack More Synonyms of loot looting uncountable noun In the country's largest cities there has been rioting and looting. 2. verbIf someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot. Armed thugs have looted food supplies and terrorized the population. [VERB noun] ...lists of looted material. [VERB-ed] 3. uncountable nounLoot is stolen money or goods. [informal] Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market. Synonyms: plunder, goods, prize, haul More Synonyms of loot (luːt) noun1. goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc 2. goods, money, etc, obtained illegally 3. informal money or wealth 4. the act of looting or plundering verb5. to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots 6. to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging Derived forms looter (ˈlooter) noun Word origin C19: from Hindi lūt (lut) noun1. goods stolen or taken by force, as from a captured enemy city in wartime or by a corrupt official or by rioters; plunder; spoils 3. Slangb. items of value; esp., gifts received verb transitive4. to plunder; strip of everything valuable; despoil 5. to take or carry off as plunder; steal verb intransitive6. to engage in plundering SIMILAR WORDS: spoil Derived forms looter (ˈlooter) noun Word origin Hindi lūt < Sans luṇṭ, to rob Examples of 'loot' in a sentenceloot British English: loot VERB If people loot, or loot stores or houses, they steal things from them, for example, during a war or riot. The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops. - American English: loot
- Brazilian Portuguese: saquear
- Chinese: 掠夺战争或暴乱时
- European Spanish: saquear
- French: piller
- German: plündern
- Italian: saccheggiare
- Japanese: 略奪する
- Korean: 약탈하다
- European Portuguese: saquear
- Latin American Spanish: saquear
Definition of 'loot'Chinese translation of 'loot' vt - [shops, homes]
洗劫 (xǐjié)
n (u) - (inf)
掠夺(奪)品 (lüèduópǐn)
Definition to steal (money or goods) during war or riots Gangs began breaking windows and looting shops. Definition goods stolen in wartime or during riots They steal in order to sell their loot for cash. Synonyms goods prize spoils swag (slang) Additional synonymsDefinition any valuable article or articles obtained as plunder Troops confiscated many works of art as war booty. Synonyms plunder, winnings, gains, haul, spoils, prey, loot, takings, pillage, swag (slang), boodle (slang, US) Definition to plunder the modern day industry which has despoiled the town Synonyms plunder, destroy, strip, rob, devastate, wreck, rifle, deprive, loot, trash (slang), total (slang), ravage, dispossess, pillage, divest, denude, vandalize, wreak havoc upon Definition a quantity of something obtained The haul was worth £4,000. Synonyms yield, gain, spoils, find, catch, harvest, loot, takings, bootyAdditional synonymsDefinition to steal property violently, often in war Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting. Synonyms plunder, strip, sack, rob, raid, spoil (archaic), rifle, loot, ravage, ransack, despoil (formal), maraud, reive (dialect), depredate (rare), freeboot, spoliate Synonyms booty, capture, trophy, spoil(s), loot, plunder, pickings, pillageDefinition to sneak into (a place) in order to steal The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks. Synonyms steal from, break into, loot, plunder, ransack, pillage, sackDefinition to plunder or pillage Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying. Synonyms plunder, raid, loot, pillage, strip, sack, gut, rifle, ravage, despoil (formal) Definition to cause extensive damage to Drought ravaged the area. Synonyms destroy, ruin, devastate, wreck, shatter, gut, spoil, loot, demolish, plunder, desolate, sack, ransack, pillage, raze, lay waste, wreak havoc on, despoil (formal), leave in ruins Definition to steal and carry off The child rifled the till while her mother distracted the postmistress. Synonyms ransack, rob, burgle, loot, strip, sack, gut, plunder, pillage, despoil (formal) A man who tried to rob a bank was sentenced yesterday. Synonyms raid, hold up, break into, sack, loot, plunder, burgle, ransack, pillageDefinition to plunder and partially destroy (a town or city) Imperial troops sacked the French ambassador's residence in Rome. Synonyms plunder, loot, pillage, destroy, strip, rob, raid, ruin, devastate, spoil, rifle, demolish, ravage, lay waste, despoil (formal), maraud, depredate (rare) |