looting
n.
act of stealing and plundering
loot
v.
plunder, rob and destroy, steal, despoil
Looting
Looting (Origin: 1780–90;
Hindi lūṭ, akin to
Sanskrit luṇṭhati (he) steals), to rob, sacking, plundering, or pillaging is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during
war,
natural disaster, or
rioting. The term is also used in a broader (some would argue metaphorical) sense, to describe egregious instances of
theft and
embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by corrupt or overly greedy corporate executives or government authorities. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as loot, plunder, or pillage.
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looting
Noun
1. plundering during riots or in wartime
(synonym) robbery
(hypernym) plundering, pillage, pillaging
(derivation) plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
loot
Noun
1. goods or money obtained illegally
(synonym) booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
(hypernym) stolen property
(part-meronym) cut
(derivation) plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
2. informal terms for money
(synonym) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(hypernym) money
Verb
1. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
(synonym) plunder
(hypernym) steal
(classification) crime, law-breaking
2. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
(synonym) plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) deplume, displume
(derivation) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
Looting
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Loot
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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