looting

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.

looting

(ˈluːtɪŋ) nstealing from shops or houses during a war or riot

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Noun

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looting - plundering during riots or in wartimerobberypillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

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