I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As the army advanced toward Mantes it burned and looted everything that lay in its path.
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His store was broken into and looted during the riot.
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Rioters looted stores and set fires.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a means of survival, these soldiers resorted to the rebels' strategy of terrorizing and looting from the hapless civilians.
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Bathore is armed to the teeth, from pistols to anti-tank guns looted from the government.
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He refused to let his army enter and loot the city.
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Local people subsequently entered the site in order to loot the metal containers holding the pesticides, and simply poured the contents away.
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Seven thousand people were arrested, 1, 300 buildings were destroyed and 2, 700 businesses were looted.
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Sometimes they looted the dead, sometimes they honoured them.
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The movement, which is thought to have 4,000 fighters, is kept alive with guns and money looted from government stocks.
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The sailors attacked stores owned by blacks and looted shooting galleries for rifles and ammunition.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Additional police officers were put on the street to prevent looting.
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I'd love to win the lottery and take home all that loot .
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In full view of our cameras, looters calmly walked off with TVs, radios, and VCRs.
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The gunman stuffed the loot into a paper bag and ran outside to a waiting car.
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Two weeks later, police found the loot hidden in an abandoned warehouse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It was more probable she did not trust me enough to show the buried loot .
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Oliver turned out his pockets and spread out his loot on the ground.
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The £1,000 worth of gifts were part of the loot taken in a raid on a courier depot at Leicester.
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Though depleted by robbery in Thrace on the way home, Vulso's loot astonished the Romans for its size and quality.
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Virgil had cut the same for Glover, who had grabbed up burlap to hold his share of the loot .