loot

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  1. noun Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
  2. noun Stolen goods.
  3. noun Informal Goods illicitly obtained, as by bribery.
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  • And they landed and looted the city, and among the loot was the book of data, inscribed on plates of an alloy of three noble metals which would not rust or decay, nor would change with time, according to the legend. —  Astounding Stories January, 1935
  • If the loot is comparable to other locations in the game, no one will bother to come to LoD.
  • Also allegedly found among the loot were earrings, watches, jewelry and five-foot-tall wooden African masks, the report said. —  Breaking News - The Post Chronicle
  • As the women add to the loot, their tastes and interests begin to change and their suspicions of each other increase on the way to a climactic robbery. —  Mininova
  • We got server first kills, and the loot was good and purple -- life was good. —  1UP RSS feed
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

plunder ·  arson ·  rapine ·  booty ·  pillage ·  robbery ·  mayhem ·  butchery ·  massacre ·  carnage ·  rape ·  devastation

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loot:   looting ·  looted
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram, plunder; see reup- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Hindustani lūt (cerebral t), from Sanskrit lotra, loptra, plunder, booty, spoil, from √ lup, break: see rupture, and cf. rob, reave, from the same ult. root.
  2. from loot, n.
 

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