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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Loot

Loot (lo͞ot), n. [Hind. lūṭ, Skr. lōtra, lōptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to E. rob.] 1. The act of plundering.

2. Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.

Loot, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Looted; p. pr. & vb. n. Looting.] To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. L. Oliphant.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.