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looting

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loot

1   [loot]
–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.
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Origin:
1780–90; < Hindi lūṭ, akin to Skt luṇṭhati (he) steals

—Related forms
looter, noun

—Synonyms
1. booty. 7. sack, ransack.

loot

2   [loot]
–verbScot.
pt. of let1.
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Word Origin & History

loot
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, © 2010 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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Slang Dictionary

loot definition


  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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