loot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun goods or money obtained illegally
    swag; booty; prize; pillage; plunder; dirty money.
  2. noun informal terms for money
    moolah; wampum; clams; gelt; kale; lucre; sugar; dinero; simoleons; boodle; lettuce; dough; shekels; scratch; cabbage; pelf; lolly; bread.
  3. verb take illegally; of intellectual property
    plunder.
    • This writer plundered from famous authors
  4. verb steal goods; take as spoils
    pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; reave; ransack.
    • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

WordNet

Loot noun
Etymology
Hind. lt, Skr. ltra, lptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob.
Definitions
  1. The act of plundering.
  2. Plunder; booty; especially, the boot taken in a conquered or sacked city.
Loot transitive verb & intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Looted; present participle & verbal noun Looting
Definitions
  1. To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
    Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. L.Ophant.

Webster 1913