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n.

Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
Stolen goods.
Informal Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery.
Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received on one occasion.
Slang Money.

v. loot·ed, loot·ing, loots

v. tr.

To pillage; spoil.
To take as spoils; steal.

v. intr.
To engage in pillaging.

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

loot'er n.

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looting
noun
plundering during riots or in wartime

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