Definition of 'loot'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present
tense loots
, present participle looting
, past tense, past participle looted
1. verb
The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops.
[VERB noun]
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot
and steal.
[VERB]
2. verb
If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.
Armed thugs have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.
[VERB noun]
...lists of looted material. [VERB-ed]
3. uncountable noun
Loot is stolen money or goods.
[informal] Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.
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Word Frequency
loot in British English
noun
4.
the act of
looting or
plundering
verb
5.
to pillage (a city,
settlement, etc) during
war or riots
6.
to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging
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Derived forms
looter (ˈlooter) noun
Word origin
C19: from Hindi lūtWord Frequency
loot in American English
noun
1.
2.
the act of looting
verb transitive
5.
to take or carry off as plunder; steal
verb intransitive
6.
to
engage in plundering
SIMILAR WORDS: spoil
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Derived forms
looter (ˈlooter)
noun
Word origin
Hindi lūt < Sans luṇṭ, to rob
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British English: loot VERB
If people loot, or loot stores 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.
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