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LOOT

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• LOOT (noun)
The noun LOOT has 2 senses:

1. goods or money obtained illegally
2. informal terms for money

Familiarity information: LOOT used as a noun is rare.

• LOOT (verb)
The verb LOOT has 2 senses:

1. take illegally; of intellectual property
2. steal goods; take as spoils

Familiarity information: LOOT used as a verb is rare.

• LOOT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Goods or money obtained illegally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

booty; dirty money; loot; pillage; plunder; swag; prize

Hypernyms ("loot" is a kind of...):

stolen property (property that has been stolen)

Meronyms (parts of "loot"):

cut (a share of the profits)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Informal terms for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

lolly; lucre; moolah; pelf; shekels; simoleons; wampum; lettuce; kale; gelt; boodle; dinero; clams; bread; cabbage; dough; loot; scratch; sugar

Hypernyms ("loot" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

• LOOT (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Take illegally; of intellectual property

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

loot; plunder

Context example:

This writer plundered from famous authors

Hypernyms (to "loot" is one way to...):

steal (take without the owner's consent)

Domain category:

crime; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They loot the goods

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Steal goods; take as spoils

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

rifle; reave; ransack; pillage; foray; despoil; loot; plunder; strip

Context example:

During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Hypernyms (to "loot" is one way to...):

take (take by force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "loot"):

deplume; displume (strip of honors, possessions, or attributes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

"A word to the wise is enough"
(English proverb)
"Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark."
(Native American proverb, Cheyenne)
"The best place in the world is on the back of a horse, and the best thing to do in time is to read a book."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
Pronunciation of stolen property
Meaning of money
Pronunciation of steal
Meaning of crime
Pronunciation of take

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