LOOTING

Looting

Looting, also referred to as sacking, plundering, despoiling, despoliation, and pillaging, is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe, such as war, natural disaster, or rioting. The term is also used in a broader sense to describe egregious instances of theft and embezzlement, such as the "plundering" of private or public assets by corrupt or greedy authorities.

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looting

Noun

  1. The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.
    During the looting the looters stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings.

Verb

looting

While looting the stores the looters took the opportunity for revenge by destroying what they didn't steal.


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