verb, noun
verb to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after a RIOT, fire, etc:
[VN] More than 20 shops were looted. [also V]
looter noun
looting noun [U]
noun [U]
1 money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle
2 (informal) money and valuable objects that have been stolen by thieves
3 (informal) money
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for loot is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does loot appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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