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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

... stream on the banks of which the wagon should be. It had gone, and by the freshness of the trail, within an hour or two. A moment's reflection told me what had happened. Having stolen our oxen the Basutos drove them to the wagon, inspanned them and departed with their loot. On the whole I was glad to see this, since it suggested that they had retired towards their own country, leaving our ...

— Finished • H. Rider Haggard

... money, in indemnities, loot, and what not,—in bribes before very long,—are flowing in to her. Where not so long since she was doing all her business with stamped lumps of bronze or copper, a pound or so in weight, in lieu of coinage, nor feeling ...

— The Crest-Wave of Evolution • Kenneth Morris

... These brains, which were eaten warm and fresh, were regarded as a great delicacy. No doubt the Notus recognised some of their relatives amid the ghastly relics. We rested a short time in this village, and our people were soon busy spearing pigs and chickens, and looting. The loot consisted of all sorts of household articles and implements, including wooden pillows, bowls, and dishes, "tapa" cloth of quaint designs, stone adzes, beautiful feather ornaments, "bau-baus" or native bamboo pipes, wooden ...

— Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines • H. Wilfrid Walker

... was one thing which struck George as a peculiar thing. The three men who had participated in the loot of his valuables did not exhibit them while ...

— The Wonder Island Boys: Adventures on Strange Islands • Roger Thompson Finlay

... charity—which is simply willingness to hand back to labor as generous gracious alms a small part of the loot from the just wages of labor. But of real help—just wages for honest labor—there is little, for real help would disarrange the system, would ...

— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips

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