looting

English

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Noun

looting (plural lootings)

1. The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

   Near-synonym: plundering

   During the looting, the mob stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings.

Derived terms

• antilooting

Translations

act of looting

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• Azerbaijani: talan (az)
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• Dutch: plundering (nl) f
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• Finnish: ryöstely
• French: pillage (fr) f
• German: Plünderung (de) f
• Hungarian: fosztogatás (hu)
• Irish: sladaíocht f, sladaireacht f
• Italian: sciacallaggio (it) m
• Latin: praedātiō f
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• Mapudungun: malon
• Norman: pillage m (Jersey)
• Polish: grabież (pl) f, łupiestwo (pl) n, rabunek (pl) m
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• Russian: грабёж (ru) (grabjóž)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: saqueo (es) m, expoliación (es) f
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Verb

looting

1. present participle and gerund of loot

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

Anagrams

• Ilongot, tooling