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loot

1  [loot]
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–noun
1. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
2. anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar's loot.
3. a collection of valued objects: The children shouted and laughed as they opened their Christmas loot.
4. Slang. money: You'll have a fine time spending all that loot.
5. act of looting or plundering: to take part in the loot of a conquered city.
–verb (used with object)
6. to carry off or take (something) as loot: to loot a nation's art treasures.
7. to despoil by taking loot; plunder or pillage (a city, house, etc.), as in war.
8. to rob, as by burglary or corrupt activity in public office: to loot the public treasury.
–verb (used without object)
9. to take loot; plunder: The conquerors looted and robbed.
Origin:
1780–90; < Hindi lūṭ, akin to Skt luṇṭhati (he) steals

Related forms:
looter, noun

Synonyms:
1. booty. 7. sack, ransack.

loot

2  [loot]
–verb Scot.
pt. of let 1 .
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loot   (lōōt)   
n.  

  1. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.

  2. Stolen goods.

  3. Informal Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery.

  4. Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received on one occasion.

  5. Slang Money.

v.   loot·ed, loot·ing, loots

v.   tr.

  1. To pillage; spoil.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
loot

  1. n.
    stolen goods; stolen money. : Where's the loot? I want my piece.
  2. n.
    money in general. : It takes too much loot to eat at that restaurant.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

loot  (n.)
1788, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi lut, from Skt. lota-m "booty, stolen property." The verb is first attested 1842, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: loot
Function: transitive verb
1 : to rob esp. during or following a catastrophe (as war, riot, or natural disaster)
2 : to rob esp. on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption intransitive verb : to engage in robbing esp. after a catastrophe —loot·er noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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