[ UK /lˈuːt/ ]
[ US /ˈɫut/ ]
VERB
  1. steal goods; take as spoils
    During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
  2. take illegally; of intellectual property
    This writer plundered from famous authors
NOUN
  1. goods or money obtained illegally
  2. informal terms for money
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How To Use loot In A Sentence

  • He said last night the move would prevent the waters from being looted and pillaged by other EU members, and introduce effective conservation of fish stocks.
  • Another 20million was thought to be loot from crime such as robberies. The Sun
  • Smart lads, they hadn't flaunted the loot, bragged about the heist, or written a rap song memorializing the event.
  • In general it has to be dumped in derelict and unguarded houses, where such of it as is not looted is ruined by damp. As I Please
  • AMERICAN IDIOTS yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'AMERICAN IDIOTS'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The American people\'s ignorance, stupidity, and disinterest in the governance of this nation have allowed an oligopoly of politicians, bankers, and powerful corporations to seize control of the country and loot its riches for their personal gain. AMERICAN IDIOTS
  • Yes; three siwashes and a klootchman, as they call themselves -- three men and a woman. To The West
  • Everywhere you look outside, there are turrets and spires, while inside the tearooms serve Clootie dumplings (a rich, steamed fruit pudding).
  • It looks and plays like a first-person shooter, but is built around the notion of powering up your character by earning experience points, and hunting through dungeons for randomly generated loot. Slate Magazine
  • He pursued a different strategy...and got blootered.
  • The English were looting the Spanish, transforming the cash gained by selling off their medieval patrimony, and the coal hewn from their provinces, into a truly extraordinary epoch in human culture.
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