transcription, транскрипция: [ lu:t ]
( loots, looting, looted)
1.
If people loot shops or houses, they steal things from them, for example during a war or riot.
The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops...
There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
VERB : V n , V
• loot‧ing
In the country’s largest cities there has been rioting and looting.
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2.
If someone loots things, they steal them, for example during a war or riot.
The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.
VERB : V n
3.
Loot is stolen money or goods. ( INFORMAL )
Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.
= plunder, spoils
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