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
Protesters smashed windows and looted local businesses and set government buildings on fire.
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Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Healthcare workers are routinely kidnaped and ambulances targeted and looted.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
But then speculation about Indrawati’s future resurfaced after her home was among those looted during the protests of late August.
—Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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
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
Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Healthcare workers are routinely kidnaped and ambulances targeted and looted.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
But then speculation about Indrawati’s future resurfaced after her home was among those looted during the protests of late August.
—Grace Sihombing, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
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
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
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
Verb
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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
Verb
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The Buckeyes sacked him four times.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
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Mac Jones was strip-sacked in the second quarter for a defensive touchdown, the beginning of the end for the Bill Belichick era.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Federal officials have already raided, among others, California car washes and marijuana farms, a Louisiana racetrack, a Florida construction site and a Nebraska meatpacking plant.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jordan Garcia, a veteran community organizer with the Colorado branch of the American Friends Service Committee, travelled to Cedar Run, one of the Denver housing complexes that was raided, to record video and provide assistance.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Much of the day resembled a game of cat-and-mouse between protesters and police, with flareups like in Rennes, the capital city of Brittany, northwest France, where a bus was ransacked and set on fire.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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In 2011, thieves ransacked the Yangs’ house, hunting for their property deed.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Looted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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