Definition of Loot

1. Noun. Goods or money obtained illegally.

Exact synonyms: Booty, Dirty Money, Pillage, Plunder, Prize, Swag
Generic synonyms: Stolen Property
Terms within: Cut
Derivative terms: Pillage, Plunder, Plunder, Plunder

2. Verb. Take illegally; of intellectual property. "They loot the goods"; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
Exact synonyms: Plunder
Category relationships: Crime, Criminal Offence, Criminal Offense, Law-breaking, Offence, Offense
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Plunder

3. Noun. Informal terms for money.
Exact synonyms: Boodle, Bread, Cabbage, Clams, Dinero, Dough, Gelt, Kale, Lettuce, Lolly, Lucre, Moolah, Pelf, Scratch, Shekels, Simoleons, Sugar, Wampum
Generic synonyms: Money
Derivative terms: Cabbage

4. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Exact synonyms: Despoil, Foray, Pillage, Plunder, Ransack, Reave, Rifle, Strip
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering

Definition of Loot

1. n. The act of plundering.

2. v. t. & i. To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Definition of Loot

1. Noun. plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city. ¹

2. Noun. (colloquial) (American English) any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents ¹

3. Noun. (video games) Items dropped from defeated enemies in video games and online games. ¹

4. Verb. to steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence. ¹

5. Verb. (video games) to examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Loot

1. to plunder [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: plunder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Loot

loosens
looser
looses
loosest
loosestrife
loosestrife family
loosestrifes
looseth
loosey
loosey-goosey
loosey goosey
loosie
loosies
loosing
loosish
loot (current term)
lootable
looted
looten
looter
looters
looting
lootings
loots
loover
loovers
looves
lop
lop-eared

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