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Webster 1913 Edition
Loot
Loot
(loōt)
, Noun.
[Hind.
lūṭ
, Skr. lōtra
, lōptra
, booty, lup
to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob
.] 1.
The act of plundering.
2.
Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.
Loot
,Verb.
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. L. Oliphant.