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- Dictionaryloot/luːt/
noun
- 1. private property taken from an enemy in war: "the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy"
verb
- 1. steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot: "desperate residents looted shops for food and water"
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noun [ U ] uk / luːt / us / luːt / money and valuable objects that have been stolen, especially by an army from a defeated enemy or by thieves: The thief must have been very disappointed when he examined his loot. He was captured and his loot was returned to the store.
- English (US)
LOOT meaning: 1. (usually of large numbers of people during...
- Znaczenie Loot, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
LOOT definicja: 1. (usually of large numbers of people...
- Loot: Russian Translation
LOOT translate: грабить, мародерствовать , награбленное...
- Loot: Polish Translation
LOOT translate: plądrować, łup, łup, (z)łupić. Learn more in...
- Loot Spanish Translation
LOOT translate: saquear, saquear, botín, botín, saquear....
- Loot: Arabic Translation
LOOT translate: يَنهَب. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Loot: Italian Translation
LOOT translate: saccheggiare, bottino, malloppo,...
- Loot: Japanese Translation
loot translate: 略奪する. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
The meaning of LOOT is goods usually of considerable value taken in war : spoils. How to use loot in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Loot.
n. 1. Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils. 2. Stolen goods or money. 3. Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received. 4. Slang Money. v. loot·ed, loot·ing, loots. v.tr. 1. To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder: The rebels looted the city.
If people loot, or loot stores or houses, they steal things from them, for example, during a war or riot.
Loot is an informal way to collectively refer to valued goods, often ones that are newly acquired, as in That is one big pile of birthday presents—look at all that loot! This meaning of loot is an extension of its original sense, which is still used but less commonly: goods stolen during war.
Loot is right up there with booty and swag in the family of words for stolen or pillaged things. When used as a verb, loot refers to the act of stealing, like when an angry mob loots the local grocery store during a riot.
Loot definition: Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.