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looted

looted

5.3
A place that had things stolen during a riot or war
  • adjective
  • /ˈluːtɪd/
translation icon : saqueado
  • My little nail salon with the little Asian ladies, Looted, burnt, gone.

Usually he would wear a plain yellow cassock looted from from the Sapita Shah's camp on the plains of Mangatta.

Examples

  • I got concerned because I'm showing these figures against objects which are looted objects, which are, some of them are sacred.

  • And so that one block that's not looted yet, so I walked by it and, and the one of those, those star buses went by and the guy's like, we're on our top.

  • When you say, you know, the remains were looted, like, you know, I teach a class in mummies called mummies and I spent a year living in Egypt.

  • Usually he would wear a plain yellow cassock looted from from the Sapita Shah's camp on the plains of Mangatta.

  • The museum displayed several ancient artifacts that had been Looted during the conflict.

  • The building stood empty after being Looted and set on fire by rioters.

  • Many priceless paintings were Looted from the gallery during the war.

Synonyms

plundered
vslooted
6.1

Robbed and emptied of things during war or chaos

is the broad term for wrongful stripping during robbery or civil unrest
despoiled
vslooted
8.7

Something that has had valuable things taken by force

is the common phrase for wrongful stripping in riots or wars
pillaged
vslooted
7.2

Robbed and badly damaged during war or fighting

is a general description for being wrongfully stripped in disorderly events
ransacked
vslooted
6.0

A place where people searched everywhere and stole valuable things

is about wrongful stripping but not necessarily a methodical search
sacked
vslooted
7.8

A place that soldiers steal from and destroy during an attack

covers wrongful stripping in many situations beyond large military attacks

Antonyms

318 3.2

Protected from danger or from people trying to break in

1 2.0

Kept safe from harm or danger

How Looted

ransacked
6.0
plundered
6.1
looted
5.3
intact
304 3.7

Surface Forms

looted positive

Morphology

looted = loot (transparent) = loot + ed

Regular past-participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'loot' meaning 'having been robbed', a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Looted comes from the Hindi word lūṭ, which means 'to take goods by force' or 'to steal' and entered English from stories of soldiers and travellers. So a place that is looted has been emptied of its valuables by thieves, soldiers, or angry crowds.