looting
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈluːtɪŋ/
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saqueo
- Businesses are closing left and right because of all this looting going on.
- looting of stores
- widespread looting
- looting and rioting
He goes when the looting starts, the shooting starts.
- He goes when the looting starts, the shooting starts.
- It was worse than the summer of looting and crime and BLM.
- Businesses are closing left and right because of all this looting going on.
- And your first post was, what does looting solve?
- And people have been rioting, burning, looting, destroying, beating people up, and nothing happens to them.
- But the picture that got him famous shows his favorite pastime activity, looting.
- And it seems like what we have instead here is church, school and work verse rioting, looting and vandalism.
- The conversation that's happening with white people about like the difference between protesting, peaceful protesting, looting and rioting.
- One is the opportunistic level, the the looting, the self-serving, the pallets of flat screen TV's.
Examples
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Outlying shops and residences report extensive looting and property destruction...
Fiction book (1994) -
In times of war, looting provided another source of revenue to sustain an army during a dry spell.
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The television said they started the looting already.
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This looting has got to stop!
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Since then, looting has also taken place at the site of the archaeological excavations themselves.
Academic text (2000) -
The first level was partly disturbed by looting, but the second was practically intact.
Academic text (2002) -
There was some looting; stores with portable items like clothing were particularly likely to be emptied out.
Academic text (1998) -
"Reports from inside the area show widespread looting, arson, and rioting.
Fiction book (1996) -
Throughout Latin America's major cities, business districts have been abandoned to looting gangs...
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The news reported that widespread looting occurred during the protests over the weekend.
Synonyms
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1.1
An act of taking someone else's property without permission to keep it
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7.2
Stealing something that belongs to someone else to keep it
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3.7
The act of taking things from other people without permission
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5.6
The act of taking things that belong to other people without permission
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7.7
Taking things from places like shops during war or disaster
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1.0
Taking something that belongs to another person without permission
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8.1
Stealing things from buildings during war or riots
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6.0
The act of taking valuable things by force, often during war
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7.9
The act of attacking people to steal from them, often done by organized gangs
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9.2
The act of looting and destroying a place during war
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9.9
Violent stealing of things from people, often during war
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9.9
Taking goods by force, often during war or disorder
Taking things by force from a place, often during war
An act of stealing goods, often the cargo from a ship
An attack on ships or coasts to steal goods
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Etymology
Looting comes from the English word loot, which in turn comes from the Hindi/Urdu lūṭ meaning 'to take by force'. So looting keeps that sense — it is stealing goods, often during a war, riot, or other chaotic time.