English noun: loot | |||
1. | loot (possession) goods or money obtained illegally | ||
Synonyms | booty, dirty money, pillage, plunder, prize, swag | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stolen property | ||
Part holonym | cut | ||
2. | loot (possession) informal terms for money | ||
Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | money | ||
English verb: loot | |||
1. | loot (possession) take illegally; of intellectual property | ||
Samples | This writer plundered from famous authors. | ||
Examples | They loot the goods | ||
Synonyms | plunder | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | steal | ||
Domain category | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | ||
2. | loot (possession) steal goods; take as spoils | ||
Samples | During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners. | ||
Synonyms | despoil, foray, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deplume, displume | ||