1. loot(n = noun.possession) booty, dirty money, pillage, plunder, prize, swag - goods or money obtained illegally;
is a kind of stolen property
has parts: cut
Derived form verb loot2
2. loot(n = noun.possession) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum - informal terms for money;
is a kind of money
1. loot(v = verb.possession) plunder - take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
is one way to steal
Sample sentences:
They loot the goods
2. loot(v = verb.possession) despoil, foray, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
is one way to take
Derived forms noun loot1, noun looter1, noun looting1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. The act of plundering. [1913 Webster]
2. Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city. [1913 Webster]
3. Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty. [PJC]
4. Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday. [PJC]
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. [PJC]
To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war. [1913 Webster]
"Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses." [1913 Webster]
loot, n. & v.
--n.
1 goods taken from an enemy; spoil.
2 booty; illicit gains made by an official.
3 sl. money.
--v.tr.
1 rob (premises) or steal (goods) left unprotected, esp. after riots or other violent events.
2 plunder or sack (a city, building, etc.).
3 carry off as booty.
Derivative:
looter n.
Etymology:
Hindi lut
VB steal, thieve, rob, mug, purloin, pilfer, filch, prig, bag, nim, crib, cabbage, palm, abstract, appropriate, plagiarize, convey away, carry off, abduct, kidnap, crimp, make off with, walk off with, run off with, run away with, spirit away, seize, plunder, pillage, rifle, sack, loot, ransack, spoil, spoliate, despoil, strip, sweep, gut, forage, levy blackmail, pirate, pickeer, maraud, lift cattle, poach, smuggle, run, badger, bail up, hold up, stick up, bunco, bunko, filibuster, swindle, peculate, embezzle, sponge, mulct, rook, bilk, pluck, pigeon, fleece, defraud, obtain under false pretenses, live by one's wits, rob Peter to pay Paul, borrow of Peter to pay Paul, set a thief to catch a thief, disregard the distinction between meum and tuum, fence, launder, launder money.
N booty, spoil, plunder, prize, loot, swag, pickings, spolia opima, prey, blackmail, stolen goods, manubial.