looter

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Recent Examples of looter The looter’s story only came to light thanks to Bradley Gordon, an American lawyer based in Cambodia who has spent much of the last 14 years investigating the plunder of Khmer cultural heritage. Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op. Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026 As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world. Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay. Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025 Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements? Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Noun
  • The robber then fled on foot each time.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June.
    Mary Ella Hastings June 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Corporate raiders became the enforcers.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
    David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

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“Looter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looter. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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