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(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.
6 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]
