looting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun plundering during riots or in wartime
    robbery.
  2. verb take illegally; of intellectual property
    plunder; loot.
    • This writer plundered from famous authors
  3. verb steal goods; take as spoils
    pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
    • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

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