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What (who) is loot - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Loot (disambiguation); Loot (film)
loot
(loots, looting, looted)
1.
If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.
The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops...
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
VERB: V n, V
• looting
In the country's largest cities there has been rioting and looting.
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2.
If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.
The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.
VERB: V n
3.
Loot is stolen money or goods. (INFORMAL)
Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.
= plunder, spoils
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loot
¦ noun
1. private property taken from an enemy in war or stolen by thieves.
2. informal money.
¦ verb steal goods from, especially during a war or riot.
?steal (goods).
Derivatives
looter noun
Origin
C19 (as v.): from Hindi lu??, from Sanskrit lu??h- 'rob'.
loot
I. n.
Booty, plunder, spoil.
II. v. a.
Plunder, ransack, rifle.
Examples of use of loot
1. Scavengers looked for loot, but nobody paid attention.
2. Unofficial sources also put the loot at five million rupees.
3. They were looking for an opportunity to loot," he says.
4. Loot was the motive behind the murder, they said.
5. The motives aren‘t always to loot or seek ransom.