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loot1 verbloot2 noun lootloot1 /luːt/ verb [intransitive, transitive]  VERB TABLEloot |
Present | I, you, we, they | loot | | he, she, it | loots | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | looted | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have looted | | he, she, it | has looted | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had looted | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will loot | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have looted |
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Present | I | am looting | | he, she, it | is looting | | you, we, they | are looting | Past | I, he, she, it | was looting | | you, we, they | were looting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been looting | | he, she, it | has been looting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been looting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be looting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been looting |
- As the army advanced toward Mantes it burned and looted everything that lay in its path.
- His store was broken into and looted during the riot.
- Rioters looted stores and set fires.
- As a means of survival, these soldiers resorted to the rebels' strategy of terrorizing and looting from the hapless civilians.
- Bathore is armed to the teeth, from pistols to anti-tank guns looted from the government.
- He refused to let his army enter and loot the city.
- Local people subsequently entered the site in order to loot the metal containers holding the pesticides, and simply poured the contents away.
- Seven thousand people were arrested, 1, 300 buildings were destroyed and 2, 700 businesses were looted.
- Sometimes they looted the dead, sometimes they honoured them.
- The movement, which is thought to have 4,000 fighters, is kept alive with guns and money looted from government stocks.
- The sailors attacked stores owned by blacks and looted shooting galleries for rifles and ammunition.
to steal from a house, shop, or bank► rob to steal money or property from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · He got five years in jail for robbing a gas station.· Two men robbed the Central Bank yesterday, escaping with over $1 million. ► burgle British /burglarize American to illegally enter a house or office and steal things: · He was caught burgling the house of a police officer.· Our apartment has been burglarized twice since we moved here. ► shoplift to steal things from a shop, for example by hiding them under your clothes or in a bag: · The clerk spotted the girl shoplifting and stopped her from leaving the store. ► hold up to go into a bank, shop etc with a gun and demand money: · The men who held up the store were wearing Halloween masks.· He was arrested and charged with holding up a cab driver. ► loot to steal things from shops or other buildings, especially during a war or at a time when the police or army have lost control of an area: · His store was broken into and looted during the riot.· As the army advanced toward Mantes it burned and looted everything that lay in its path. to steal things, especially from shops or homes that have been damaged in a war or riot: Shops were looted and burned.—looter noun [countable]—looting noun [uncountable]loot1 verbloot2 noun lootloot2 noun [uncountable]  loot2Origin: 1800-1900 Hindi lut - Additional police officers were put on the street to prevent looting.
- I'd love to win the lottery and take home all that loot.
- In full view of our cameras, looters calmly walked off with TVs, radios, and VCRs.
- The gunman stuffed the loot into a paper bag and ran outside to a waiting car.
- Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse.
- It was more probable she did not trust me enough to show the buried loot.
- Oliver turned out his pockets and spread out his loot on the ground.
- The £1,000 worth of gifts were part of the loot taken in a raid on a courier depot at Leicester.
- Though depleted by robbery in Thrace on the way home, Vulso's loot astonished the Romans for its size and quality.
- Virgil had cut the same for Glover, who had grabbed up burlap to hold his share of the loot.
something that has been stolen► stolen · Thieves can sell stolen passports for a lot of money.· The antiques he was selling turned out to be stolen.stolen goods · Wilson was convicted of theft and handling stolen goods. ► loot informal the things that have been stolen during a particular robbery: · The gunman stuffed the loot into a paper bag and ran outside to a waiting car.· Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse. ► haul a large amount of things that have been stolen: · Trevino hid the haul in his mother's closet for over a year.· The police caught three men examining their haul in a house in north London.· a drugs haul ► Armyadjutant, nounarmoured, adjectivebarracks, nounbasic training, nounbatman, nounbattalion, nounbearskin, nounbillet, nounbillet, verbbombardier, nounbooty, nounbrigade, nounbrigadier, nounbrigadier-general, nouncadet, nouncanteen, nouncantonment, nouncapture, verbcavalry, nouncavalryman, nouncenturion, nouncharger, nounchevron, nounCol., colonel, nouncommand, nouncommando, nouncommissary, nouncompany, nouncontingent, nouncorps, noundesert, verbdeserter, noundesertion, noundetachment, noundetail, noundisengage, verbdishonourable discharge, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectivedog tag, noundraft, verbdragoon, noundrill, noundrill, verbdugout, nounencampment, nounexpeditionary force, nounfield marshal, nounfiring squad, nounfive star general, nounflank, nounfoot locker, nounforay, nounfour-star general, nounfusilier, noungarrison, noungarrison, verbGen., general, noungeneralship, nounGI, noungrenadier, nounground forces, noungrunt, nounguardsman, noungunner, nounhussar, nouninduct, verbinductee, nouninfantry, nouninfantryman, nounirregular, nounlance corporal, nounlegion, nounlegionary, nounlegionnaire, nounLieut, loot, nounLt., man-at-arms, nounmatériel, nounMC, nounmedic, nounmercenary, nounmess hall, nounMIA, nounM.O., nounmobilize, verbmotorized, adjectivemounted, adjectivemusketeer, nounmuster, nounnon-commissioned officer, nounobstacle course, nounparade, verbparade ground, nounparatrooper, nounparatroops, nounpennon, nounpicket, nounpicket, verbpip, nounplatoon, nounpoint man, nounposition, nounprivate, nounprivate soldier, nounPte, redcoat, nounregiment, nounregular, nounreservist, nounreveille, nounroute march, nounsapper, nounsarge, nounsignalman, nounsoldier, nounsoldiering, nounsoldierly, adjectivesoldier of fortune, nounsoldiery, nounsortie, nounsortie, verbspecial forces, nounsquad, nounsquaddy, nounstaff sergeant, nounstandard-bearer, nounstormtrooper, nounsubaltern, nounTerritorial Army, the, trench, nountroop, nountrooper, noun 1goods taken by soldiers from a place where they have won a battle SYN plunder2informal goods or money that have been stolen SYN spoils3informal things that you have bought or been given in large amounts – used humorously: Jodie came home from the mall with bags of loot. |