单词	looting
释义	lootloot1 /luːt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE loot Simple Form 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 Continuous Form 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 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES 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. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS 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. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto 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]
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