loots

Verb

loot (third-person singular simple present loots, present participle looting, simple past and past participle looted)

1. (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
   • We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.

   Synonyms:

   plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or

   1. (transitive) To rifle through a dead body and the deceased's belongings, taking anything worth stealing.
      • It's shameful to loot the bodies of the people who died today.
2. (transitive, chiefly South Asian) Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
   • He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’1851 June 20, Mrs. Hervey, journal

   Synonyms:

   rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence

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