loot | ||
1. | [ noun ] goods or money obtained illegally | |
Synonyms: | booty plunder prize swag dirty_money pillage | |
Related terms: | stolen_property cut plunder | |
2. | [ verb ] (criminal law) take illegally; of intellectual property | |
Synonyms: | plunder | |
Examples: | : "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
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Related terms: | steal crime | |
3. | [ noun ] informal terms for money | |
Synonyms: | kale dough bread dinero gelt clams moolah cabbage pelf boodle lucre lettuce lolly scratch simoleons sugar wampum shekels | |
Related terms: | money pilfer | |
4. | [ verb ] (criminal law) steal goods; take as spoils | |
Synonyms: | ransack rifle despoil foray strip pillage reave plunder | |
Examples: | "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
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Related terms: | take deplume plunderer looting spoil plundering | |
Similar spelling: |
lot Lout Lott loti loth lota Loht Louth lotto Lotti lotte loath Lottie loathe Louetta Loyd Loud Lodi lode load |