lootverb [ I or T ]
uk/luːt/us/luːt/(usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses:
During the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire.
Indian English to steal something from a place or person:
Burglars looted cash and mobiles from a shop in Tagore Town.
The passengers in the general compartment of Shramjivi Express were looted and robbed of their valuables.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- looting
- make off with sth
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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looter
noun [ C ] uk/ˈluː.tər/us/ˈluː.t̬ɚ/
lootnoun [ U ]
uk/luːt/us/luːt/money and valuable objects that have been stolen, especially by an army from a defeated enemy or by thieves
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- appropriate
- armed robbery
- break in/break into sth
- duff
- larceny
- liberate
- light-fingered
- looting
- make off with sth
- mug
- relieve
- rob
- robbery
- run off with sth
- scrump
- shoplifting
- sting
- whip
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