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
- 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
- appropriate
- boost
- booty
- burglarize
- despoil
- dough
- grab
- graft
- gut
- haul
- hot goods
- liberate
- lift
- loft
- make
- money
- moonlight requisition
- pickings
- pillage
- plunder
- plunderage
- prize
- raid
- ransack
- ravage
- relieve
- requisition
- rifle
- rip off
- rob
- sack
- salvage
- seizure
- smash and grab
- snatch
- snitch
- spoils
- squeeze
- stick up
- swipe
- take
- thieve
- tip over
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