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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

... for the twentieth time that strange treasury known as the Chinese Room, a state apartment filled with loot brought home from the Flowery Land by a naval scion of the house of Normanthorpe, and somewhat cynically included in the sale. The idols only leered in Rachel's face, and the cabinets of grotesque design were unprovided with any key to their history of former uses. ...

— The Shadow of the Rope • E. W. Hornung

... Napoleon. He has said to his army, "You have patriotism and courage; but you have no money, no clothes, and deplorably indifferent food. In Italy there are all these things, and glory as well, to be gained by a devoted army led by a general who regards loot as the natural right of the soldier. I am such a general. En avant, mes enfants!" The result has entirely justified him. The army conquers Italy as the locusts conquered Cyprus. They fight all day ...

— The Man of Destiny • George Bernard Shaw

... 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 need of anything ...

— The Crest-Wave of Evolution • Kenneth Morris

... victims suffer. In the limelight of a sensational trial, in which public servants were charged with abusing positions of trust, he showed Captain Clinton up as a bully and a grafter, a bribe-taker, working hand and glove with dishonest politicians, not hesitating even to divide loot with thieves and dive-keepers in his greed for wealth. He proved him to be a consummate liar, a man who would stop at nothing to gain his own ends. What jury would take the word of such a man as this? Yet this was the man ...

— The Third Degree - A Narrative of Metropolitan Life • Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow

... which draw them together as allies, but they dare not call themselves friends. A roguish band of ex-soldiers have arrived in the district, and set up camp out on the moors, from whence they descend to steal from, rob and loot the ...

— The Black Tor - A Tale of the Reign of James the First • George Manville Fenn

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