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loot

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of loot

valuables stolen or taken by force
  • The burglar was caught when he foolishly stopped to examine the loot from the robbery.
Synonyms of loot

booty, pillage, plunder, spoil, swag
Words Related to loot

prize

catch, haul, take, treasure

pilferage

windfall

Synonym Discussion of loot

spoil, plunder, booty, prize, loot mean something taken from another by force or craft. spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.
    • the spoils of political victory
plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.
    • a bootlegger's plunder
booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.
    • thieves dividing up their booty
prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.
    • the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea
loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.
    • picked through the ruins for loot

loot

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of loot

to search through with the intent of committing robbery
  • The bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night.
Synonyms of loot

despoil, maraud, pillage, plunder, ransack, sack
Words Related to loot

break in, burglarize, rip off, steal (from)

comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummage

harry, raid

ravish

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