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Definitions for Looting

[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.
[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.
[9] to take loot; plunder: The conquerors looted and robbed.
[10] simple past tense of let1.
[11] goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc
[12] goods, money, etc, obtained illegally
[13] informal money or wealth
[14] the act of looting or plundering
[15] to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots
[16] to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging

Words related to Looting

lootburglarize, raid, pillage, rob, snatch, plunder, gut, grab, ransack, boost, thieve, loft, liberate, make, swipe, sack, despoil, relieve, appropriate, lift

Words nearby Looting

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Origin of Looting

11780–90; < Hindi lūṭ, akin to Sanskrit luṇṭhati (he) steals

Other words from Looting

loot·er , noun

Word origin for Looting

C19: from Hindi lūt

Synonyms for Looting

burglarize, grab, gut, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, snatch, appropriate, boost, despoil, liberate, lift, loft, make, ravage, relieve, requisition, rifle, sack, salvage, snitch, swipe, take, thieve, moonlight requisition, rip off, smash and grab, stick up, tip over