loot

US: /ˈɫut/
UK: /lˈuːt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


loot /lu:t/
  • danh từ
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) trung uý
    • danh từ
      • cướp của được
      • bỗng lộc phi pháp
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự cướp bóc (một thành phố...)
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tiền, xin
      • động từ
        • cướp bóc, cướp phá
          • to loot a city: cướp phá một thành phố

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb
      to steal things from shops/stores or buildings after a RIOT, fire, etc: [VN] More than 20 shops were looted. [also V]
      looter noun
      looting noun [U]
      + noun [U]
      1 money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle
      2 (informal) money and valuable objects that have been stolen by thieves
      3 (informal) money

      Thesaurus dictionary


      n.
      1 booty, spoils, plunder, prize, haul, Slang swag, boodle:
      They divided up the loot amongst the gang.
      v.
      2 plunder, sack, ransack, rob, pillage, despoil, raid, ravage, maraud, Rare depredate:
      The soldiers looted every house in the city.

      Concise English dictionary


      loots|looted|lootingluːt
      noun
      +goods or money obtained illegally
      +informal terms for money
      verb
      +take illegally; of intellectual property
      +steal goods; take as spoils