vverb.possessionsteal goods; take as spoilsSynset:despoil foray loot pillage plunder ransack reave rifle strip
Examples:- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Derivationally Related Form:pillagingdespoilerlooterdespoliationplundererlootplunderinglootingdespoilmentpillagerpillageplunder
Hypernyms:take
Inherited Hypernyms:plundertake
Direct Hyponyms:deplumedisplume
Full Troponyms:deplume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactsearch thoroughlySynset:comb ransack
Examples:- They combed the area for the missing child
Derivationally Related Form:ransacking
Hypernyms:search
Inherited Hypernyms:combsearchexamine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The men --- for animals in the area (apply to: comb) | The men --- the area for animals (apply to: comb) | The customs agents --- the bags for drugs (apply to: ransack)
adj satadj.allwrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of valueSynset:looted pillaged plundered
Examples:- the robbers left the looted train
- people returned to the plundered village
Antonyms:full
Inherited Hypernyms:looted
Similar to:empty