Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definition
loot verb
/luːt/ v [I or T]
(usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses
During the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire.
looter
noun
/ˈluː.tər/
/-t ̬ɚ/ n [C]
/-t ̬ɚ/ n [C] (Definition of loot verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
