loot

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

loot [loot loots looted looting] verb, noun BrE [luːt] NAmE [luːt]
verb transitive, intransitive ~ (sth)
to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after a ↑riot, fire, etc
•More than 20 shops were looted.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.

Example Bank:
•The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.


Example Bank:
•The premises had been destroyed by widespread looting.
•There followed five days of rioting and looting.
Derived Words: ↑looter ▪ ↑looting
 
noun uncountable
1. money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle
Syn: ↑booty
2. (informal)money and valuable objects that have been stolen by thieves
3. (informal)money

Word Origin:
early 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, foray