loot1

[loot] /lut/
noun
1.
spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
2.
anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.:
a burglar's loot.
3.
a collection of valued objects:
The children shouted and laughed as they opened their Christmas loot.
4.
Slang. money:
You'll have a fine time spending all that loot.
5.
act of looting or plundering:
to take part in the loot of a conquered city.
verb (used with object)
6.
to carry off or take (something) as loot:
to loot a nation's art treasures.
7.
to despoil by taking loot; plunder or pillage (a city, house, etc.), as in war.
8.
to rob, as by burglary or corrupt activity in public office:
to loot the public treasury.
verb (used without object)
9.
to take loot; plunder:
The conquerors looted and robbed.
Origin
1780-90; < Hindi lūṭ, akin to Sanskrit luṇṭhati (he) steals
Related forms
looter, noun
Synonyms
1. booty. 7. sack, ransack.

loot2

[loot] /lut/
verb, Scot.
1.
simple past tense of let1 .
Examples from the web for loot
  • Southerners considered them ready to loot and plunder the defeated south.
British Dictionary definitions for loot

loot

/luːt/
noun
1.
goods stolen during pillaging, as in wartime, during riots, etc
2.
goods, money, etc, obtained illegally
3.
(informal) money or wealth
4.
the act of looting or plundering
verb
5.
to pillage (a city, settlement, etc) during war or riots
6.
to steal (money or goods), esp during pillaging
Derived Forms
looter, noun
Word Origin
C19: from Hindi lūt
Word Origin and History for loot
n.

"goods taken from an enemy, etc.," 1788, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi lut, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram "booty, stolen property," from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). The verb is first attested 1821, from the noun. Related: Looted; looting.

Slang definitions & phrases for loot

loot 1

noun

Money, esp a large amount of money: Rich planters would come and spend some awful large amounts of loot/ There's a lot of loot there, kiddo (1930+ Jazz musicians)


loot 2

noun

A lieutenant; lieut (1898+)