Loot
[luːt] or [lut]
Definition
(noun.) goods or money obtained illegally.
(verb.) take illegally; of intellectual property; 'This writer plundered from famous authors'.
Edited by Alexander--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of plundering.
(n.) Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
(v. t. & i.) To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Edited by Della
Definition
n. act of plundering esp. in a conquered city: plunder.—v.t. or v.i. to plunder ransack.
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Examples
- At his back was a quiver of arrows slung from a leathern shoulder belt, another piece of loot from some vanquished black. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They crossed the Bosphorus and captured Nic?a, which Alexius snatched away from them before they could loot it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To begin with, each story is nearly always a story of adventurers and of cruelty and loot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are primitive nomads in an excited state, because they have just come upon civilization, and regard it as an opportunity for war and loot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The crusaders were abandoning even their loot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a chance to fight, an opportunity to loot, and they rose to the bait as a speckled trout to a fly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- They found in Bohemia, under its great leader Ziska, more hardship and less loot than crusaders were disposed to face. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Practically Attalus handed over his country to be looted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Even the soldiers of my own dear South looted not only the living but the dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- They were looting, murdering, and fighting amongst themselves. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Greek Emperor was killed, and there was much looting and massacre. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But though the insurgents experienced defeats and looting, neither of these generals brought the war to an end. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Pope took refuge in the Castle of St. Angelo while the looting and slaughter went on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They had gambled deeply in the prospective looting of Manchuria and China, and they would suffer no withdrawal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All they ask is the loot they take and transportation to their own territories when the fighting and the looting are over. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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