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looting
n. act of stealing and plundering
 
loot
v. plunder, rob and destroy, steal, despoil


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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 warnatural 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


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Looting
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