[loot] n [Hindi lut; akin to Skt luntati he plunders] (ca. 1788) 1: goods usu. of considerable value taken in war: spoils
2: something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: as a: something appropriated illegally often by force or violence b: illicit gains by public officials c: money
3: the action of looting syn see spoil
[2]loot vt (1845) 1 a: to plunder or sack in war b: to rob esp. on a large scale and usu. by violence or corruption
2: to seize and carry away by force esp. in war ~ vi: to engage in robbing or plundering esp. in war -- loot.er n