looter

loot

L0249100 (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.

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[Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram, plunder; see reup- in Indo-European roots.]

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loot′er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

looter - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)despoiler, freebooter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoilerwar, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war"buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationstealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Translations

Plündererπλιατσικολόγοςpilleursaccheggiatore