loot
verb /luːt/
/luːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they loot | /luːt/ /luːt/ |
| he / she / it loots | /luːts/ /luːts/ |
| past simple looted | /ˈluːtɪd/ /ˈluːtɪd/ |
| past participle looted | /ˈluːtɪd/ /ˈluːtɪd/ |
| -ing form looting | /ˈluːtɪŋ/ /ˈluːtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] loot (something) to steal things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire, etc.
- More than 20 shops were looted.
- The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.
- (Indian English) loot something (from somebody/something) to steal something (from somebody/something)
- A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.
- Clothes and jewellery were looted from her house.
- (Indian English) loot somebody/something to steal money or property from a person or a place
- (figurative) The Government is looting the public.
- He was stopped by the police while trying to loot a bank.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.