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
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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.
Foul-mouthed mobs roved around the dark Edinburgh streets, looting and vandalising premises owned by Italians.
In Het huisje aan de sloot (The Little House on the Canal, 1921), for example, she deals with the sad fate of a Jewish family alone in a small, hostile town. Carry Van Bruggen.
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after two policemen were mown down chasing looters in the riots. The Sun
The worst of the looting was over, and there was enough calm in the shattered streets for her to feel the popular elation, despite the fear and violence that lay below the surface.
And then there was CityTime, the gargantuan $700 million looting of the city treasury by sticky-fingered outside consultants hired to build an automated payroll system. Dan Collins: Mayor Bloomberg's Handling of Stephen Goldsmith Firing Not the Problem
According to the pirate legend, after months at sea, pillaging and singing sea chanties, the marauders had to stop in at a pirate-friendly settlement to unload their looted cargo, load up on supplies, and visit the local taverns and brothels. Loaded Guns, Barrels of Rum, and a Silk Ribbon
Has the country not been looted for the last 70 years? Times, Sunday Times
All of these flaws came to a head during the week of rioting and looting, when rolling news media overdosed on graphic but often misleading imagery, politicians over-reacted and the rightwing print media went apeshit. Has Newsnight lost its way?
They had been in fear of their lives as they scavenged for food while the authorities operated a shoot-to-kill policy against looters.
Without even knowing what the guard held in his hand, all the galoots who had pushed their way forward exclaimed, ‘It's for the Kid, I saw him throw it to the Kid.’
Viviana has been shocked by her country's bankruptcy, devaluation, rocketing inflation and unemployment, all combined with a bout of rioting, looting and street violence.
I trael back and forth with my washtub base with no problems, and a guitar is all right too, but if you have that van full of amps and speakers I think you are going to have to talk pretty fast and probably have to come across with some loot, and if they think you are coming across for professional reasons, they aren't likely to let you do it on a tourist visa. Bands traveling to mexico......
You could always stay in a 'hangover hotel', which the Scottish Executive is considering establishing for people so blootered that they can't find their way home at night.
If the Vatican does have stolen loot, then I agree it should be returned.
The four men keep the perimeter while everyone else loots the store. Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse?
But I've noticed that a certain amount of loot helps to invest even your most casual remarks with a certain significance.
US troops took Baghdad, then stood by as marauding gangs looted the city. Times, Sunday Times
U.S. forces have cited armed resistance from inside the complex as the main reason they could not seal off the museum and prevent the looting.
The Lootens formula keeps sulfite content low, uses very little bromide, and adds small amounts of citric acid and potassium thiocyanate.
A MEMBER of a burglary gang which snatched loot worth £1,500 from a York house has been jailed for 14 months.
June 17th, 2010 at 5: 43 pm he looks a little like Joran van der sloot. Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Milo Ventimiglia Shows Off A New Hair’Do
China is to send a team of artefact hunters to nearly 50 countries to track down thousands of treasures looted by foreign armies 150 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
I spend my last day in Panama snorkelling the reef, still searching for lost loot. Times, Sunday Times
The chatterers who argued two weeks ago that the war was turning into a quagmire have found a new cause for feigned despair: looting.
A gype, a glaik and a galoot were all commonly hurled jibes in our house, a home filled with tomfoolery and japes well beyond the time when we should all have grown up and known better.
In the real world, no hedge fund or other large trader actually ‘loots’ a fund, embezzles assets, or engages in other clear-cut forms of larceny.
The sweeping staircase has been refurbished and the house has a new roof, conservatory and flooring, as well as new fireplaces to replace the looted originals. Times, Sunday Times
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has deaccessioned this Portrait of a Courtier by Jan Mostaert after concluding that it was looted by the Nazis.
They looted anything of value, and I use that term advisedly.
Third, probably very few of the participants (other than perhaps adventitious semi-professional looters) expected to gain anything in terms of significant personal profit or meaningful social betterment as a consequence of the upheavals in Los Angeles. Matthew Yglesias » Endgame
Our young women are now officially the most blootered in Europe, and some surveys show a terrifying, tenfold increase in the incidence of cirrhosis in people aged 25-40 over the past three decades.
In reality Lavrushka, having got drunk the day before and left his master dinnerless, had been whipped and sent to the village in quest of chickens, where he engaged in looting till the French took him prisoner. War and Peace
Across the country, resource-rich provinces are also home to looting, illegal logging and mining activities.
And before they suggest that ‘state funding of political parties’ is some novel form of financing, let's look at the vast amounts of loot we currently give them.
According to officials who visited the settlements - everything has been destroyed, uprooted, ripped out, or looted.
Neither Bush nor Schwarzenegger said whether any progress had been or could be made in directing more federal funds to California in light of the looting of the federal treasury to fund those policies.
They were all full of tinned meats and mixed drinks, from ammoniated quinine to white vodka, for they had taken their full share in the overnight loot. Kim
Bandits and looters continue to bring down pylons carrying high voltage cables out in the desert road.
The tomb of Djehutynakht (je-hooty-knocked) and his wife, also named Djehutynakht, was thoroughly looted in antiquity, but artifacts the thieves left behind provide an extraordinary window on life in ancient Egypt. Exhibitions: Egypt's Model Afterlife
Days of rioting and looting followed in Caracas. Times, Sunday Times
Riots, looting and mayhem followed as crowds piled into the lawless city. Times, Sunday Times
Hundreds of people later gathered, resulting in a five-hour stand-off against police as missiles were thrown, shops and businesses looted and public houses set on fire.
Formerly perhaps the motive of the perpetratorswas simplyto obtain the loot of'the money ', butfor the last couple of centuries this has selectively changed as corporations were acquired and merged, the prime motive becoming an exercise to acquire' the power 'over the rest of us. The Most Evil Corporations, Industries and Orgs
As the looting following February's earthquake served as an eye-opener to the country's social and economic inequalities, the plight of the trapped miners has again exposed the hardships Chile's poor face in a country where 14 percent of the population lives in poverty, according to the World Bank. Stacy Torres: How My Father Survived Chile's Mines
Yet it is worth noting that, by forswearing future acquisitions of recently looted work, as the Getty did under Ms. True's leadership, the museum actually did what no other major acquiring museum would do for many years. The Beautiful and the True
Ultimately, when we talk about government, we are talking about a bunch of ignorant bullies, looters, and plunderers.
They had not only defeated the evil Mayor but had taken out his guards and nabbed several choice pieces of loot from the mansion.
You think the looting, rape and armed terror that emerged within hours in New Orleans couldn't happen elsewhere?
Revenge has been conjectured, for a popular officer in the division had been abducted by a party from the maquis the day before; so has trouble over the division's gold reserve, looted in its turn from occupied banks.
On the street in front of my present home, twenty thousand Yankee soldiers marched down the Old Spanish Trail in pursuit of General Alfred Mouton and his boys in butternut, their haversacks stuffed with loot, their wounds from a dozen firefights still green, their lust for revenge unsated. The Glass Rainbow
He looked at the ghost for a moment, and kept on lighting his cigarette, when a galloot up in the gallery said, so everybody could hear it, "He don't scare worth a damn!" and the audience went fairly wild, while the pretty girl stood there and blushed as though her heart would break. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882
Cuomo, New York's governor-elect, decried what he called looting and said the "cruel twist StarTribune.com rss feed
They are also actively involved in smuggling and looting high-voltage power cables.
It sparked riots and looting in Tottenham which then spread across the country. The Sun
Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse.
Any sensible legal system has to rely in part on sanctions brought to bear after people have stolen property or looted corporations.
The thing that really alarms me about all this is the utter brazenness with which the loot is being divvied up now.
But they reckon without an apparently harmless little old lady coming between them and the loot. The Sun
A bunch of pot hunters who looted ancient relic sites and sold priceless artifacts for profit have received probation.
Looting and rape by rebels and their bands of abducted children still occur.
If you have 22 grand burning a hole in your pocket you could use your loot to buy a flash sports car or head off on a round-the-world trip.
Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the outby land, and there's scarce a cloot left. The Black Dwarf
The difference between pirates and privateers was that the pirates were simply sea robbers who captured or looted ships at sea for plunder, without authority.
I can hardly think of a worse fate for any society than to be led into the future by the political class of gangsters, marauders, looters, and liars.
Africa is no longer a commodity seam fit only to be looted. Times, Sunday Times
Frequently, the motive has been looting, with artefacts being smuggled out of the region. Times, Sunday Times
The days of looting were ended by successful and well-planned action. Times, Sunday Times
It becomes clear these men are self-styled vigilantes who are attempting to intimidate the looters and take back the goods they have stolen.
The Franks likewise suffered many casualties and were able to loot the camp but not to pursue the enemy beyond the battlefield.
I wanted the chance to meet Roy Hodgson privately and having done so, I'm very impressed with his plans for the future," added the England captain, who, in fairness, had already moved to dampen speculation linking him with moves to the likes of Real Madrid ... by performing like an incorrigible galoot at the World Cup. $tevie Says Relax, I'm Staying At Liverpool
The rioters did not try escape, and instead focused their rage on the prison kitchen, which was looted and then trashed, before order was restored by a combined police and correctional services task team.
Riots, looting and mayhem followed as crowds piled into the lawless city. Times, Sunday Times
If I'm really evil, might I not stand back and *not* heal a party member so that I can loot a "friend's" backpack? Lights Going Out in the Anti-RMT Bunker
The Indian asked what we called it, and said that the "loots" (roots) were good for soup, that is, to cook with meat, to thicken it, taking the place of flour. The Maine Woods
Much of the looting was selective thievery of a quite small number of valuable pieces, with smashing and burning of furniture and furnishings carried out to simulate looter-like behaviour.
Though the bank was looted, the vault miraculously remained secure.
What will they have left when the art of all of the cultures of the earth has been pillaged by armies, looted by wealthy collectors, destroyed by insane fundamentalists, and prohibited by tyrants?
Chevron and Exxon-Mobil whom they accuse of "conniving" with the government to "loot" the riches in question. ANC Daily News Briefing
Of course Laura Johnson, from a £1m house in Orpington, or Alexis Bailey, a classroom assistant in a primary school, were apparently caught up with the disadvantaged looters. UK riots: Our wounded nation will not be healed by vengeful gestures | Will Hutton and Henry Porter
The map documented ten incidents of “sabotage,” thirty-one incidents of “underground activities,” sixty-nine “attacks on personnel,” 140 incidents of “looting,” eighty-three “wire cuts” of military communications, and one “riot.” Between War and Peace
He went back into the kitchen, stuffing his loot into a knapsack.
Three police cars were wrecked and cops reported offences of vandalism, graffiti and looting. The Sun
Not the people who looted, but the people who didn't. Times, Sunday Times
Bogle has spoken out this way because the mutual funds industry is legally looting money from investors.
And while most of the violence in London was characterized by looting, particularly of stores selling sports clothing and electrical goods, outside of the capital it took on an antiauthoritarian tone. Riots Stoke British Ethnic Tensions
Elsewhere, rioters and looters continued to be dealt with. The Sun
Housing estates have been burnt down, schools ransacked, shops looted.
Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
Desserts were served - lemon curd cake, an apple jam crumble, clootie dumpling with hot custard, ice-cream in cones for the children. Archive 2004-12-01
They ceded the streets to marauding looters.
A behemoth called Dead Reckoning, a 70 ft long armoured truck provides cover and support for the looters.
Nay doot ye'll thieve the winding claes from my corpse to make cloots for your snotty-nosed bairns, and where's my good brooch I said I wanted to be buried with? A Breath of Snow and Ashes
But an item-by-item inventory of the most valued pieces carried away by the looters hardly seemed to capture the magnitude of what had occurred.
Bill was admiring his new pants -- he boasted of having bought them for three dollars, and pointed out that Milt had been a "galoot" to spend ten dollars for shoes -- that some one knocked at the door. Free Air
Martin the shepherd — and he wrung his hands in the bitterness of agony, “the thieves, the harrying thieves I not a cloot left of the haill hirsel!” The Monastery
Apart from spreading fear, many rioters and looters showed scant regard for human life. Times, Sunday Times
So we opened the sloot business with a ride in one of those heavy weight Shorty McCabe
“Bill, would you ask that big galoot to get off of Misty?” Misty
There is life beyond fruit cake, clootie dumpling, and meat casseroles although you wouldn't know it in my highland shop where there is little fresh fruit on display but there is always a good supply of dried fruit.
Not the people who looted, but the people who didn't. Times, Sunday Times
In many residential areas of Baghdad yesterday locals had set up private roadblocks, fearful that an outbreak of major violence today could trigger looting.
In Het huisje aan de sloot (The Cottage by the Creek, 1921), she describes the wretched state of Jewish life in the so-called Mediene (Dutch Jewry outside the main urban centers like Amsterdam) and the hostility of non-Jews towards people they saw as foreigners. Modern Netherlands.
That Morag may fancy herself at the clootie dumplings and broth and such, but she's a lot to learn afore she can dress a fish properly, or put a dinner on when they've company. Rose cottage
As the consciousness grows that we must develop a sustainable economic system to survive, beginning at the local level, as sustainability must, the idea of plundering the globe to loot recources begins to look self-defeating, even stupid. Going Local
There has been lots of looting and lawlessness, with government buildings, hospitals, schools, libraries and museums ransacked.
By the time they returned to work, the store had been looted. Times, Sunday Times
Several other businesses, including a chemist which was looted and set ablaze, were attacked along nearby streets.
But I imagine the news that the Roman Colosseum appears to have been constructed from loot from the sack of the Jewish temple in Jerusalem might be worth an extra chapter or two?
Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.
After that the crowd went on a rampage of window breaking and looting.
SCUM will keep on destroying, looting, fucking-up and killing until the money-work system no longer exists and automation is completely instituted or until enough women co-operate with SCUM to make violence unnecessary to achieve these goals, that is, until enough women either unwork or quit work, start looting, leave men and refuse to obey all laws inappropriate to a truly civilized society. The S.C.U.M. Manifesto
Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
Rioters ran through the city centre smashing windows and looting shops.
Mystery surrounds a valuable haul of stolen loot discovered by a dog walker.
Lost are the Kunduz Hoard and the Bagram Treasure - looted rather than destroyed because coins and ivories, well known from catalogue records, continue to turn up on the illicit art market.
As well as cameras and laptops, volunteers are given disguises to pose as antiques dealers so they can photograph looted artefacts for a database. Times, Sunday Times
So urgent was the supposed need for Congress to forestall a catastrophic loss of teacher jobs that the House was called back from its summer recess and money looted from the food stamp program. Washington Post Editors Dismiss Teacher Layoff Crisis On Same Day Massive Teacher Layoffs Are Reported
Unfortunately for her, my house is completely deadlocked so there was no way she could get any of this loot out so she must have just cut her losses and left before the boys in blue arrived and clapped her in chains.
I get the sense that in real life he is closer to the big galoot than any kind of sensitive modern man.
Even worse, lots of antiquities have been looted directly from excavation sites, ruining them for history.
He ran from the bank with his stolen loot, and escaped unharmed, even though the bank manager emptied an entire revolver at him, missing with every shot.
Officers in riot gear raided the homes of suspected looters across South London early yesterday. The Sun
I was in the building as the masked men looted the offices, ripping hard drives from computers and destroying legal files. Times, Sunday Times
A mass of muscle would pop up: deltoids would ripple, trapezoids bunch and gloots clench.
He said four of the 12 officers have already been suspended for failing to stop looting.
At first they came to loot and burn; subsequently they came to conquer. IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia
The ministry, bombed and then looted during the US-led war on Iraq, was re-opened without a minister, ambassadors or diplomatic muscle.
Prison governors, penal reformers and lawyers have been critical of the number of rioters and looters being sent to already overcrowded jails. Times, Sunday Times
The Americans resent the charge that they could have prevented the looting, and museum officials are incensed by insinuations that their staff allowed or even profited from it.
Others were looted and burnt as punishment for student protests. Times, Sunday Times
An ingenious circus promoter named P.T. Barnum found a way to make people laugh and make pots of moolah from the likes of a great gallumping galoot named ‘Jumbo’.
Assistant Commissioner Lynne Owens told the panel that "chitter chatter" emerged of planned rioting and looting in Stratford, East London, the location of the Olympic site. U.K. Police Say Unrest Averted at Olympic Site
Six youths have been given prison sentences in fast-track trials for looting or attacking police. Times, Sunday Times
He's a walking compendium of great television and these galoots haven't a hope of squeezing into the margins of the appendix.
Being the big friendly galoot that I am (provided I'm not having a Grumpy Day), I generally nod and smile conspiratorially.
First, they say they are frustrated by the limited benefits that their countries gain under the current ABS frameworks, complaining that the rich world is engaging in "biopiracy" - plundering their resources without sharing any of the loot. ICTSD
Usually you would find a cave like this and it would be a war zone oflooters 'pits, yet there was not even a quick cathole in here. NPR Topics: News
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
Any pandering politician who claims to be able to do the same must be honest about which bakery he is looting. Times, Sunday Times
There he stood, nine years of age, blinking up indulgently at his galoot of a father speaking at him in tongues.
I bow my head in shame when I think of the countries we've looted and the people we've subjugated.
The banks, which provide credit and cash, have been looted, irrigation systems destroyed, road travel restricted, markets closed, warehouses and grain silos pillaged.
Commanding 36 ships and 2000 fellow buccaneers, Morgan sacked the town and left his men to the burning and looting.
When she's not filming thirty-second commercials of her popping wads of cheese-filled pizza crust into small boys' mouths for gobs of cash, she's making her own line of shoes for loads of loot.
He was actually a privateer, a mercenary licensed by the government to loot merchant ships flying the colors of England's enemies -- mainly France and Spain," explained Wareham.
In the original film, the ending was a ‘cliffhanger’ when the gang's coach carrying the Minis and their gold bullion loot was left balancing on a precipice.
If his haul wasn't so pitiful — his bag had two packets of defrosted prawn dumplings and a handful of vacuum-packed seafood sticks inside — Mr Takahashi might be taken for a looter.
The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops.
This may appear justified when you consider that foreigners such as the British and Italians are guilty of looting historical relics.
The trio inside were heading home to Leeds with their loot from a smash-and-grab raid on a York computer business.
Detectives found the loot in plastic bags hidden behind household junk and old furniture. The Sun
Everywhere you look outside, there are turrets and spires, while inside the tea rooms serve Clootie dumplings (a rich, steamed fruit pudding).
More years ago than I care to remember, we worked ourselves into a lather of indignation in student meetings over multinationals, looted funds and bribery in Africa.
These greedy muckers, they would cheat the village of their money and maybe one day they would just rebel and loot the village!
You can take a person's loot that you are not fairly entitled to, but you can not escape the fact that others may have witnessed you and reported you to the proper authorities.
So we have those areas that are unoccupied being patrolled by anti-looting squads with assistance from the military.
In both provinces, the bases which were "transfered" to the Iraqi security forces were actually stripped bare by looters in short order. Archive 2006-10-01
Silinga said he thought the robbers used the wheelbarrow to carry off their loot as its tracks seemed headed in the direction of nearby Ntshabeni.
Most of the shops had been looted by the time the operation was over. Times, Sunday Times
Vehicles were set alight and shops looted. The Sun
Famine and refugee crisis On Jan. 12 Mogadishu's water supply failed after the looting of diesel fuel from the pumping station.
At first they looted, burned and pillaged and then sailed off back to Denmark or Norway, heavily laden with gold and slaves.
Crowds of looters waited for it to beach firmly on a sand bank so that the serious business of stripping it bare could begin.
They looted; they killed; they deprived innocent people of their homes and their livelihoods. Times, Sunday Times
Shoot-outs, killings, cattle rustling, and looting were the order of the day.
Any pandering politician who claims to be able to do the same must be honest about which bakery he is looting. Times, Sunday Times
Ah lairnt a 'ah ken aboot Scotland fae a richt big hairy galoot oan YouChoob. subrosa John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
These people came back from wars, with vast amounts of loot, which they had stolen abroad.
The officer expressed concern that the situation could worsen overnight after three shootings, looting and a number of attempted carjackings during the afternoon.
Many sites are being looted in broad daylight and at least one bulldozer is being used. Times, Sunday Times
The heroic 64-year-old was blasted in the stomach at point blank range when he tried to stop two armed robbers escaping with their loot.
His band of desperados specialized in looting feudal landlords and Mughal treasury.
People have been killed in the public protests, rioting and looting that has gripped the country.
There was widespread looting and life became very hazardous, especially for families. A Channel of Peace
It was not as precious as silver was these days but it was nice loot for a pickpocket.
The court heard she chauffeured looters around in her Smart car. The Sun
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As well as cameras and laptops, volunteers are given disguises to pose as antiques dealers so they can photograph looted artefacts for a database. Times, Sunday Times
The protest degenerated into an orgy of looting and shooting.
It also asked people to return looted property. Times, Sunday Times
Thousands of irreplaceable treasures were stolen by looters from the Iraqi national museum during the war.
_Has_ a rule I find the merest nod of my 'ed a sufficient saloot to a woman of the aristocracy -- but for _'er_, Mamzelle, I never fail to show' er up with a court bow! Thelma
The looters are using makeshift boats made of pieces of styrofoam to access.
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
China is to send a team of artefact hunters to nearly 50 countries to track down thousands of treasures looted by foreign armies 150 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
Diepsloot residents went on the rampage, stoning cars and burning two government buildings.
Widespread looting in the capital put a damper on the jubilation of a liberated people.
After the war, he dreamt often of that empty Warsaw house, where anything left behind would have been stolen, anything movable looted. SEA MUSIC
Heavy buying by treasure-hunters, as well as looting of imperial works by the Germans, Dutch, French and British, brought huge quantities of Chinese fine art into Western collections.
Every kind of business, from rundown corner markets to the Gucci storefront on South Peters Street, has been looted.

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