Definition of Loot

praeda, spolio, prenda

(v. t. & i.)
To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
  

(n.)
The act of plundering.
  

(n.)
Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
  

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loot
\loot\ (?), n. [hind. l&?;t, skr. l&?;tra, l&?;ptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to e. rob.]
1. the act of plundering.
2. plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
loot
\loot\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. looted; p. pr. & vb. n. looting.] to plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war. looting parties ransacking the houses. o&?;phant.
loot
n
1. goods or money obtained illegally [syn: booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag]


2. informal terms for money [syn: shekels, gelt, dough, bread, dinero, lucre, pelf, moolah, cabbage, kale]
v 1: take illegally; of intellectual property: "this writer plundered from famous authors" [syn: plunder]
2: steal goods; take as spoils; "during the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]

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To plunder.

  tool

1. money stolen in a robbery; 2. money: “spend your hard-earned loot” (Hindi)

money

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Noun
1. goods or money obtained illegally
(synonym) booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money
(hypernym) stolen property
(part-meronym) cut
(derivation) plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
2. informal terms for money
(synonym) boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(hypernym) money

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Verb
1. take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
(synonym) plunder
(hypernym) steal
(classification) crime, law-breaking
2. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
(synonym) plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
(hypernym) take
(hyponym) deplume, displume
(derivation) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter

(v.) To empty a corpse of anything it might have carried. e.g. "Be sure to loot your kills, so the creatures will respawn faster!" "Loot alpha" means that, when in a party, the order of who gets treasure from kills shall be handled alphabetically. Those who loot out of turn are known as "loot hogs" (n.) Anything carried on NPCs that can be taken when the NPC is killed. e.g. "Have you ever noticed that crocs never have loot?"

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