loot

UK /luːt/ US /lut/
noun 6verb 2

Definitions

noun

1

Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.

Loot, plunder, pillage.

He always found the talismanic gathering-word Loot (plunder), a sufficient bond of union in any part of India.

2

Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.

He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.

3

Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.

Free Loot for Children

4

Synonym of money.

I got my mink the hard way. I paid for it. It cost a lot of loot and it took a little while to do it, but it's all mine.

There was nothing to do except for Mom to go back slaving away as somebody's maid. In Baltimore she couldn't make half the loot she could up North.

verb

1

Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.

We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.

Gunganarian, the leader of the Chooars, continues his system of looting and murder

2

Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.

He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’

noun

1

A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.

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