looters

Definition of lootersnext
plural of looter

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for looters
Noun
  • After the incident, the robbers got into a silver sedan with at least one additional person inside who was driving, police said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
  • After the employee fired, the would-be robbers ran out of the store, prosecutors said.
    City News Service, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Tofinu took refuge in the lagoons along the Bight of Benin, a core area of the slave trade, venturing forth in canoes with harpoons, javelins, and swords to fight off raiders from powerful nearby kingdoms.
    Laurent Dubois, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Looters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looters. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.

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