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noun

Loot n.

The act of plundering.

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

Hence: Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.

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

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)

verb

Loot v. t. & v. i. (past & past part. looted; pres. part. looting) To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war. "Looting parties... ransacking the houses."

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Etymology of 'Loot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Loot" Quotes from Famous Books

... Lela's father lived. Now five or six days after abandoning Lela, his father had become blind and, he made over the management of his kingdom to a Dewan, and the Dewan and the Rani managed everything. When the Dewan heard that Lela had come with a great force he thought that he would loot the country and he ran away in fear. Then Lela sent word to his father to come to him, as he was the son who had been abandoned in the jungle, so the Raja set forth joyfully and after he had gone a few paces he began to see dimly, ...

— Folklore of the Santal Parganas • Cecil Henry Bompas

... laden with the loot of Loma, the four tall men looked earnestly to the right; to the left they durst not, for the precipice there that had been with them so long went sickly down on to a bank of clouds, and how much further below that only their ...

— Tales of Wonder • Lord Dunsany

... twenty miles north of Nashville, was occupied by a small Federal force and seemed to Morgan to offer a fair field for one of his characteristic raids. His men were ready,—they always were for an enterprise promising danger and loot,—and they fell on the town with a swoop that quickly made them its masters ...

— Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris

... and how can I ever get square with you?" Bill said, his crutch and loot thumping the steps as the boys gained ...

— Radio Boys Cronies • Wayne Whipple and S. F. Aaron

... Jaalin, and in it they are said to have killed 160 men—a revenge which must have been doubly sweet since it was consummated so near to the scene of the destruction of their tribe, and was also attended by scarcely any danger. Loot of all kinds fell to the victors, and the gunboats were soon laden with a miscellaneous spoil. The wives of the important Emirs made their escape to Omdurman, but upwards of 650 women and children of inferior rank were ...

— The River War • Winston S. Churchill

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