Antonyms for loot

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : loot

Phonetic Transcription : lut

Definition of loot

Origin : "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," 1788, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi lut, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram "booty, stolen property," from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). The verb is first attested 1821, from the noun. Related: Looted; looting.

noun stolen goods
verb steal goods

Example sentences :

Some made a second trip to take up the loot they had gathered.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various

Its occupants were apprehensive, but hungry for the loot they had been assured was theirs.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

There were too many other ships' companies clamoring for their turn to loot.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

It would allow the fleet of Weald to loot and then betray Dara.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Men in plastic sag-suits roved about as individuals, seeking what they might loot.
Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster

Far less, naturally, than Barter had made by selling his loot.
Extract from : « The Mind Master » by Arthur J. Burks

They left their camping-ground and took themselves off to attack the homesteads and loot.
Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon

If I go, I shall only have to come down again when they loot the house.
Extract from : « The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

You and I shall share the loot of that ship outside, and Tuan Lingard will not know.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

He thinks that if they loot the schooner they will be off at once.
Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for loot

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