loot /ˈlut/
洗劫,搶奪(vt.)(vi.)洗劫,搶奪
Loot n.
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.
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loot
n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: booty, pillage,
plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
2: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread, cabbage,
clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly,
lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons,
sugar, wampum]
v 1: take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer
plundered from famous authors" [syn: plunder]
2: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack,
pillage, foray]