loot
noun
[ luːt ]
• private property taken from an enemy in war.
• "the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy"
loot
verb
• steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.
• "desperate residents looted shops for food and water"
Similar:
plunder,
pillage,
ransack,
sack,
raid,
rifle,
rob,
burgle,
steal from,
maraud,
ravage,
devastate,
lay waste to,
wreak havoc on,
vandalize,
gut,
strip,
fleece,
clear out,
despoil,
depredate,
spoliate,
Origin:
early 19th century (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.
