Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
- noun Stolen goods or money.
- noun Informal Things of value, such as gifts, received.
- noun Slang Money.
- intransitive verb To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder.
- intransitive verb To take by force or without right; steal.
- intransitive verb To take goods by force or through lawless behavior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Booty; plunder, especially such as is taken in war.
- To plunder, as a house or a city which has been taken by storm; pillage; sack; ransack in search of plunder; also, to seize and carry off as plunder.
- To engage in pillage; take booty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
- noun The act of plundering.
- noun Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.
- noun Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.
- noun Valuable objects.
- noun slang Money.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
plunder ,booty , especially from a ransacked city. - noun colloquial (US) any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
- noun video games Items dropped from defeated enemies in
video games and online games. - verb to
steal , especially as part ofwar ,riot or other group violence. - verb video games to examine the
corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun informal terms for money
- verb take illegally; of intellectual property
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
- noun goods or money obtained illegally
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Among the loot is a Sweet Pea candle (the pink one in the back) from Full Moon Candles, two of the Choco Balm Experimental Lip Balms and a Banana Nut Bread Beeswax candle and more!
Archive 2007-10-01 Anne-Marie 2007
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Among the loot is a Sweet Pea candle (the pink one in the back) from Full Moon Candles, two of the Choco Balm Experimental Lip Balms and a Banana Nut Bread Beeswax candle and more!
New Contest! New Contest! New Contest! Anne-Marie 2007
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Also, there's the fact the table that generates the loot is a little bit off.
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Conn took care of them, assisted by Sylvie, who had rummaged an even more attractive costume out of what she called the loot-cellar.
The Cosmic Computer H. Beam Piper 1934
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KUHN: He says the loot from the NATO convoys is openly sold in markets in several cities.
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KUHN: He says the loot from the NATO convoys is openly sold in markets in several cities.
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Sometimes the loot is hidden between burnt books on a shelf or strewn out on the floor.
Something to think about nathreee 2009
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KUHN: He says the loot from the NATO convoys is openly sold in markets in several cities.
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You would think that after all of the catastrophic economic implosions still ongoing in the public sector, that there wouldn't be any more money to loot from the treasuries.
Ask your doctor, and she may ask about you (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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As sure as loot is loot, old Johannes Maartens would have got away and across the Yellow Sea with his booty had it not been for the fog next day that lost him.
Chapter 15 2010
oroboros commented on the word loot
Tool in reverse.
July 22, 2007