loot

verb

🔊/luːt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they loot	🔊/luːt/ 🔊/luːt/
he / she / it loots	🔊/luːts/ 🔊/luːts/
past simple looted	🔊/ˈluːtɪd/ 🔊/ˈluːtɪd/
past participle looted	🔊/ˈluːtɪd/ 🔊/ˈluːtɪd/
-ing form looting	🔊/ˈluːtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈluːtɪŋ/

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[transitive, intransitive] loot (something) to steal things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire, etc.（暴乱、火灾等后）打劫，抢劫，劫掠
- More than 20 shops were looted.有 20 多家商店遭到了抢劫。🔊🔊
- The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.入侵者在街上横冲直撞，屠杀劫掠。
Topics Crime and punishmentc2
(Indian English) loot something (from somebody/something) to steal something (from somebody/something)（从某人或某处）偷，偷走
- A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.几名扒手从火车车厢中走过去，偷乘客的钱。
- Clothes and jewellery were looted from her house.她家的衣物和首饰被盗。
(Indian English) loot somebody/something to steal money or property from a person or a place（从某人或某处）偷钱（或财物）
- (figurative) The Government is looting the public.该国政府正在窃取老百姓的财富。
- He was stopped by the police while trying to loot a bank.他正要偷银行，警察制住了他。

Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.

noun

🔊/luːt/

[uncountable]

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money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle战利品；掠夺品 synonym booty
(informal) money and valuable objects that have been stolen by thieves赃物；被盗物
(informal) money钱

Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.