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TOEFL BNC: 14509 COCA: 10753

loot

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 loot /ˈluːt/ noun
1 loot
/ˈluːt/
noun
Learner's definition of LOOT
[noncount]
: something that is stolen or taken by force赃物;掠夺物
informal : money
2 loot /ˈluːt/ verb
loots; looted; looting
2 loot
/ˈluːt/
verb
loots; looted; looting
Learner's definition of LOOT
: to steal things from (a place, such as a store or house) during a war or after destruction has been caused by fire, rioting, etc.战争期间或灾难后)偷盗,抢劫;(趁火)打劫
[+ object]
[no object]

— looter

noun, plural looters [count]

— looting

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 14509 COCA: 10753

loot

1 of 2

noun

1
: goods usually of considerable value taken in war : spoils
The soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.
2
: something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: such as
a
: something appropriated illegally often by force or violence
the thieves' loot
b
: illicit gains by public officials
c
: money
would not … spend all that loot on her Langston Hughes
3
: the action of looting
general loot of church land Hilaire Belloc

loot

2 of 2

verb

looted; looting; loots

transitive verb

1
a
: to plunder or sack in war
b
: to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption
2
: to seize and carry away by force especially in war

intransitive verb

: to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war
looter noun
Choose the Right Synonym for loot

spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot mean something taken from another by force or craft.

spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.

the spoils of political victory

plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.

a bootlegger's plunder

booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.

thieves dividing up their booty

prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.

the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea

loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.

picked through the ruins for loot

Example Sentences

Noun After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find. The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery. He made a lot of loot selling cars. Verb The soldiers were looting every house that they came to. Soldiers swept through the territory, looting, burning, and killing.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Blizzard will automatically open all your remaining loot boxes for you after Overwatch 2 launches on October 4th. Kris Holt, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 Of course, it could be argued that many games and apps that are on the Play Store today already include gambling mechanics (any game that includes loot boxes, for example, or apps that allow people to make bets on Wall Street). Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 28 Jan. 2021 Probably most notably Borderlands, for doing loot-shooting years earlier, and Borderlands itself was an attempt to bring many concepts of Diablo to the FPS genre. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 July 2022 Step 6: Hang with Frank like usual while Jeff completes what is supposed to be a three-minute robbery, then arrange for Jeff’s buddy to pick up the loot crate in the morning while Jeff casually walks out after hiding in the bathroom overnight. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2022 Having a quality starting QB playing on his rookie deal is the biggest boon to roster-building in the NFL, because the team can spend the loot elsewhere. Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Activision Blizzard also announced that Overwatch 2 won’t include loot boxes--a controversial monetization tool that critics and officials have compared to gambling. Cecilia D'anastasio, Bloomberg.com, 16 June 2022 Some family members would expect two wheelbarrows, possibly filled with loot for their weddings, anniversaries, birthdays and any other occasions that came to mind. Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022 With all characters and plot divorced from the action, then, DL2 ultimately boils down to open-world fetch quests—really, a lot of them—with loot, crafting supplies, and the thrill of massive-city traversal as the main rewards. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
Verb
All the rooms in the building are flush with loads of ammo, chests, and loot. Toby Grey, BGR, 12 Sep. 2022 With the streets of Vienna filled with jubilant Nazi supporters hailing Hitler’s Anschluss, thugs freely loot Jewish stores, deface synagogues and attack Jews at random. Diane Cole, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 Attempts to loot other government funds appear to have been common. Gerald Posner, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 The annexation of Texas and a dispute over where the Texas border should be drawn gave President Polk an excuse to loot more Mexican land while expanding the pro-slavery territory. Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022 Major ranks get you powerful drops of Trials loot, minor ranks get you Trials engrams. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 June 2022 Times have changed, and Trials loot is for everyone now. Paul Tassi, Forbes, 11 June 2022 Unlike, say, Amy Wild ( Indy Lewis ), who has a romantic view of her father Frank’s work and will be cruelly disillusioned, after helping her father raise the La Fortuna loot from the floor of the Atlantic. John Anderson, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2022 Massey was later captured on surveillance video helping to loot and destroy four businesses, including a West Loop cellphone store and the Windy City Cannabis marijuana dispensary on the Near North Side. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Hindi & Urdu lūṭ; akin to Sanskrit luṇṭati he plunders

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1788, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1845, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of loot was circa 1788
TOEFL BNC: 14509 COCA: 10753

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