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- DictionaryLoot/lo͞ot/
noun
- 1. goods, especially private property, taken from an enemy in war: "the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy"
verb
- 1. steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot: "desperate residents looted shops for food and water"
When used as a verb, loot refers to the act of stealing, like when an angry mob loots the local grocery store during a riot. Definitions of loot. noun. goods or money obtained illegally. synonyms: booty, dirty money, pillage, plunder, prize, swag. see more.
1. goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc. 2. goods, money, etc, obtained illegally. 3. (Banking & Finance) informal money or wealth. 4. the act of looting or plundering. vb. 5. to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots. 6. to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging.
1 day ago · 1. verb. 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. [VERB noun] There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal. [VERB] Synonyms: plunder, rob, raid, sack More Synonyms of loot.
noun [ U ] uk / luːt / us. goods that have been stolen. (Definition of loot from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of loot. in Chinese (Traditional) （通常指在暴力事件中集體）搶劫，洗劫, （從某處或某人）偷竊, （尤指軍隊的）戰利品，掠奪品… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) （通常指在暴力事件中集体）抢劫，洗劫, （从某处或某人）偷窃, （尤指军队的）战利品，掠夺品… See more. in Spanish.
(Indian English)loot somebody/somethingto steal money or property from a person or a place. (figurative)The Government is looting the public. He was stopped by the police while trying to loot a bank. Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’. See loot in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary.
5 days ago · 1. transitive verb/intransitive 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. Synonyms: plunder, rob, raid, sack More Synonyms of loot. looting uncountable noun.
: to steal things from (a place, such as a store or house) during a war or after destruction has been caused by fire, rioting, etc. [+ object] Rioters looted the stores. The soldiers were looting every house that they came to. The supplies had been looted [= stolen] from the warehouse. [no object]
