loot
/ˈluːt/
- Noun
- something that is stolen or taken by force
- After raiding the town, the soldiers helped themselves to any loot that they could find.
- The thieves got a lot of loot in the robbery.
- Verb
- to steal things from (a place, such as a store or house) during a war or after destruction has been caused by fire, rioting, etc.
- Rioters looted the stores.
- The soldiers were looting every house that they came to.
- The supplies had been looted [=stolen] from the warehouse.
- Soldiers swept through the territory, looting, burning, and killing.