loot

1. 1.

   take illegally; of intellectual property

   “This writer plundered from famous authors”

   Synonymsplunder

   Broadersteal

   crime

2. 2.

   steal goods; take as spoils

   “During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”

   Synonymsplunderdespoilreavestriprifleransackpillageforay

   Broadertake

   Narrowerdeplume

Other forms of loot

plural

loots·

past tense

looted·

present participle

looting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about loot

What does loot mean?

loot means "goods or money obtained illegally". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in loot?

loot has 1 syllable: loot. In IPA it is /ˈlut/.

What is another word for loot?

Close synonyms include booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is loot a common word?

loot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with loot?

7 words rhyme with loot. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.