loot

Noun · Verb
US[loot]/lut/1 syllable
Synonyms: bootypillageplunderprizeswagdirty moneyboodlebreadcabbageclamsdinerodough

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. goods or money obtained illegallySynonyms: bootypillageplunderprizeswagdirty moneyType of stolen propertyParts cut
  2. informal terms for moneySynonyms: boodlebreadcabbageclamsdinerodoughgeltkalelettucelollylucremoolahpelfscratchshekelssimoleonssugarwampumType of money

Verb (2)looted, looting

  1. take illegally; of intellectual property“This writer plundered from famous authors”Synonyms: plunderMore general steal, rip off
  2. steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”Synonyms: plunderdespoilreavestriprifleransackpillageforayMore general takeMore specific deplume, displume

Related words looter noun, pillage noun, looting noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Loot (lo͞ot), noun

Origin: Hind. lūṭ, Skr. lōtra, lōptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob.

1. The act of plundering.

2. Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.

3. Hence: Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.

4. Broadly: Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday.

5. Money; as, you shouldn't carry all that loot around with you in the city; she made a pile of loot from trading in cattle futures. slang

Loot transitive & intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Looted; present participle & verbal noun Looting.]

To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Looting parties... ransacking the houses.— Lawrence Oliphant

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors

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