looting

Meaning of looting

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.
    desperate residents looted shops for food and water

early 19th century (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.

Information about looting

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of looting is: lootings.
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Hyphenation of looting

loot-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • looting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

looting synonyms

Meaning robbery:

robbery

Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:

plunder

Meaning rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime:

pillage

Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:

ransack

Meaning dismiss from employment:

sack

Meaning conduct a raid on:

raid

Meaning make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:

rifle

Meaning take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force:

rob

Meaning enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:

burgle

Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:

maraud

Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:

ravage

Meaning destroy or ruin:

devastate

Meaning deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property):

vandalize

Meaning remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it:

gut

Meaning leave bare of accessories or fittings:

strip

Meaning obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them:

fleece

Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:

despoil

Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:

depredate

Meaning rob of something; plunder:

spoliate

Anagrams of looting

Ilongot, tooling

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