loot
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loot¹
- /luːt/ UK
- /lut/ Canada, US
- /ɫʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like lute (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.
noun
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Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
Loot, plunder, pillage.
Similar: booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly
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Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.
Similar: sack
- Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents. Free Loot for Children
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Synonym of money.
I got my mink the hard way. I paid for it. It cost a lot of loot and it took a little while to do it, but it's all mine.
Similar: money
verb loots · looting · looted
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Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.
Similar: plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or
- To rifle through a dead body and the deceased's belongings, taking anything worth stealing. It's shameful to loot the bodies of the people who died today.
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Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’
Similar: rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence
loot²
- /luːt/ UK
- /lut/ Canada, US
- /ɫʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like lute (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch *lōta, from Old Frankish *lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”).
Related to lade and ladle, and cognate with Dutch loet, Scots lute or luyt (“scoop”), West Frisian loete or lete, Middle Low German lōte (“rake”), and French louche (“ladle”).
noun loots · lute
- A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
loot³
- /luːt/ UK
- /lut/ Canada, US
- /ɫʉːt/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like lute (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uːt
Where it comes from
Clipping.
noun loots
- Clipping of lieutenant R-run over an' wake up th' loot at th' station.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bread, dough, strip, cabbage, kale, rifle, moolah, booty, swag, ransack, foray, reave, pillage, plunder, despoil, prize
Translations
Every language
noun slang: money, especially illicitly acquired
| Español | bagayo |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | लूट lūṭ |
| Português | moedas |
| Français | fric, pognon |
| Deutsch | Knete, Zaster |
| Italiano | bottino, maltolto |
verb to plunder
| 中文 | 搶劫 /抢劫 qiǎngjié |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | लूटना lūṭnā |
| Português | saquear, pilhar, bundar, lootear |
| Français | piller |
| Deutsch | plündern |
| Italiano | saccheggiare, depredare, predare, fare man bassa |
| Ελληνικά | λεηλατώ leïlató, λαφυραγωγώ lafyragogó, πλιατσικολογώ pliatsikologó |
| Română | prăda |
| Русский | гра́бить grábitʹ, разграбля́ть razgrabljátʹ, лутать lutátʹ |
| العربية | نَهَبَ nahaba |
| עברית | בזז bazáz |
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title = {loot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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