as in plundered
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night
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Recent Examples of looted
Argentine prosecutors have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer with attempting to hide an 18th-century Italian painting that was looted during World War II and had not been seen publicly in 80 years.
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Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Across the Southeast Asian archipelago, demonstrators have torched government buildings, riot police have hurled tear gas and fired water cannons at protesters in city streets, and some people have looted politicians’ houses and burned vehicles.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Local media also reported that a crowd had looted the Jakarta home of Ahmad Sahroni, a lawmaker from the political party NasDem, and taken items including household furniture.
—CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The few aid trucks that were allowed in were looted by local gangs and people who were desperate to feed their families.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead of homes, however, residents found looted out structures, bullet-riddled churches missing their rooftops and windows, and streets littered with debris at the bottom of the Delmas neighborhood.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
My family's goal is to locate and recover each and every artwork looted from Jacques Goudstikker's collection and restore his legacy, von Saher told ABC News in a statement provided through her lawyers.
—Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The bulk of his collection was looted by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command and to whom Kadgien was a senior aide.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The actual plotlines of whose toney East End digs get looted won’t be revealed until next spring when season 2 debuts.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Across the Southeast Asian archipelago, demonstrators have torched government buildings, riot police have hurled tear gas and fired water cannons at protesters in city streets, and some people have looted politicians’ houses and burned vehicles.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
Local media also reported that a crowd had looted the Jakarta home of Ahmad Sahroni, a lawmaker from the political party NasDem, and taken items including household furniture.
—CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
The few aid trucks that were allowed in were looted by local gangs and people who were desperate to feed their families.
—Tom Bowman, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Instead of homes, however, residents found looted out structures, bullet-riddled churches missing their rooftops and windows, and streets littered with debris at the bottom of the Delmas neighborhood.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
My family's goal is to locate and recover each and every artwork looted from Jacques Goudstikker's collection and restore his legacy, von Saher told ABC News in a statement provided through her lawyers.
—Dragana Jovanovic, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
The bulk of his collection was looted by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command and to whom Kadgien was a senior aide.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The actual plotlines of whose toney East End digs get looted won’t be revealed until next spring when season 2 debuts.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looted
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The towns of Harrisonville, Butler and Osceola were plundered during Bleeding Kansas.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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These will hold a particular interest for the Bloomsbury enthusiast because the majority of them are previously unpublished (an impressive feat, given how often the various archives have been plundered by other biographers).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, members of the powerful Viv Ansanm gang coalition had pillaged and/or burned at least 410 residences and other buildings, including six schools, health centers and local nongovernmental organizations during the period.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
11 Aug. 2025
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Top pick Cam Ward was sacked six times in his NFL debut and threw for just 112 yards on 12 completions while Tennessee managed just four field goals.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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He then was sacked when right tackle Khalil House was beaten cleanly by an edge rusher and lost a fumble at the Stanford 5.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Sovereign was raided by the FBI in 2017.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
29 Aug. 2025
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Altunar and 30 others were arrested in June in Kings Mountain when about 100 Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers raided a fire equipment plant.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Aug. 2025
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Homes of political party members and state buildings were ransacked or set ablaze, shaking investor confidence in the Southeast Asian economy and triggering a steep selloff on its stocks and currency markets on Friday.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 Sep. 2025
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More than a thousand fires burned, and more than a thousand shops were ransacked.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Looted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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