loot

noun

A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

1. The act of plundering.

   the loot of an ancient city

2. Plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
3. Any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents

   1956 "Free Loot for Children" (LIFE Magazine, 23 April 1956, p. 131)

4. Items dropped by defeated enemies.

1. To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.

   1833 "Gunganarian, the leader of the Chooars, continues his system of looting and murder", The asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies Black, Parbury & Allen, p. 66.

2. To steal from.

   to loot a temple for valuables

3. To examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.