Past tense of loot
regular verb
The past tense of loot is looted. The past participle is also looted.
Forms of loot
| Base form (V1) | loot /luːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | looted |
| Past participle (V3) | looted |
| Present participle | looting |
| Third person singular | loots /luːts/ |
Looted in a sentence
- We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.
- On the 22nd ultimo the Boers made a raid into the District, and the result was that some 300 head of cattle and 600 sheep were looted.1901 October 11, “District Reports”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 483
- At once he feared his hidden lair had been looted while he slept.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 41. From the entry spellbound
- Hofeng lies to the Southwest of Ichang among the mountains and has been looted three times already.1929 November 9, “Increasing Unrest in Hupeh”, in North-China Herald, volume CLXXIII, number 3248, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 209, column 4. From the entry Ichang
- The sale of looted items persisted for a month, and quick profits were made by burghers and Indo-Europeans.2020, Sujit Sivasandaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 236. From the entry Indo-European
Meaning of loot
- noun Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
- noun Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
- noun Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
Questions about the past tense of loot
- What is the past tense of loot?
- The past tense of loot is looted.
- What is the past participle of loot?
- The past participle of loot is looted.
- Is loot a regular or irregular verb?
- Loot is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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