Meaning & Definition of Loot in English
English⟶
Loot
/lut/
noun
1. Goods or money obtained illegally
synonym:
- loot,
- booty,
- pillage,
- plunder,
- prize,
- swag,
- dirty money
2. Informal terms for money
synonym:
- boodle,
- bread,
- cabbage,
- clams,
- dinero,
- dough,
- gelt,
- kale,
- lettuce,
- lolly,
- lucre,
- loot,
- moolah,
- pelf,
- scratch,
- shekels,
- simoleons,
- sugar,
- wampum
verb
1. Take illegally
- Of intellectual property
- "This writer plundered from famous authors"
synonym:
- loot,
- plunder
2. Steal goods
- Take as spoils
- "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
synonym:
- plunder,
- despoil,
- loot,
- reave,
- strip,
- rifle,
- ransack,
- pillage,
- foray
Examples of using
The thief outwitted the police and got away with his loot.