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  • noun Plural form of looter.

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Examples

  • Bear in mind that in the New Millenium all it takes to set off mobs of looters is a is a power outage, and you'll know what I mean.

    To Hoard or Not to Hoard 2008

  • I think shooting looters is a compassionate way to protect the safety and well-being of law-abiding citizens.

    Is That Legal?: Crime and Criminal Law Archives 2006

  • That the elite would be so quick to shoot looters is indicative of how removed they are from reality.

    Think Progress » How to Avoid Being Shot by Right-Wing Pundits 2005

  • The villains are those Rand calls the "looters" - who feed off other people's earnings - gold-digging spouses, lazy rich kids and, of course, political power brokers.

    Britain, by Ayn Rand 2009

  • While Haitians seeking food and scavenging in the rubble have been portrayed as "looters" by the media, and targeted for repression by both foreign troops and Haitian police, it was so-called looters who found a man buried in the rubble of a building on Rue de Miracle in downtown Port-au-Prince Tuesday.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2010

  • If, for instance, I read the phrase "social responsibility" on the lips of hypocrites, bureaucrats or politicians-who are known, in the book, collectively as "looters" - then I might be driven to yell aloud.

    The Devil's Kitchen 2009

  • He called the looters hoodlums who deserved to feel the full force of the law.

    Chile Aid Arrives, Amid Criticism Paulo Prada 2010

  • Van Rysselberghe called the looters "vandals" who were trying to take advantage of the chaos in the quake's aftermath.

    Search for Survivors in Collapsed Concepcion Apartment Continues Anthony Esposito 2010

  • Oh, and speaking of guns – Ms. Noonan even sees fit to touch on that prickly subject, advocating firing on the so-called looters – ‘I hope the looters are shot’ - in the same paragraph she trivializes the terrible conditions people are experiencing there as a ‘bad time with Mother nature.’

    Scott Mehno: High Noon-an 2008

  • The stock traders and short sellers picking up the bargains from the economic whirlwind will not be called looters, they are bargain hunters.

    Same As It Ever Was 2008

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