Dictionary Definition
loot
Noun
2 informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
Verb
1 take illegally; of intellectual property; "This
writer plundered from famous authors" [syn: plunder]
2 steal goods; take as spoils; "During the
earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their
owners" [syn: plunder,
despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uːt
Homophones
Noun
- The proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag, contraband.
- Money
Translations
The proceeds of theft, robbery etc., swag,
contraband
- Finnish: ryöstösaalis
- German: Beute , Raubgut
Money
Extensive Definition
Loot usually refers to treasure or wealth that is
found or stolen.
Loot may refer to:
- Loot (magazine), a classified ads magazine owned by Daily Mail and General Trust
- Loot (play), 1965 play by Joe Orton
- Loot (film), 1970 film of the Joe Orton play, directed by Silvio Narizzano
- Loot System, system of distributing items among players in online games
See also
Loot (A company programme), Leave Office On
Time(準時放工) OR Leave Office Over Time(超時放工)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abduct,
assault, attack, barbarize, batter, blackmail, boodle, booty, brutalize, burn, butcher, carry off, carry on,
depredate, despoil, destroy, dough, filthy lucre, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gelt, go on, graft, greenbacks, gut, hammer, haul, hot goods, jack, kidnap, knock off, knock over,
lay waste, lettuce,
lift, lucre, maraud, maul, moolah, mug, perks, perquisite, pickings, pillage, plunder, pork barrel, prey on,
prize, public till, public
trough, rage, raid, ramp, rampage, ransack, rant, rape, ravage, rave, raven, ravish, reive, relieve, rifle, riot, roar, rob, ruin, sack, savage, seizure, shanghai, slaughter, sow chaos, spoil, spoils, spoils of office,
spoliate, squeeze, stealings, stick up, stolen
goods, storm, swag, sweep, take, tear, tear around, terrorize, throttle, till, vandalize, violate, wreck