Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - loot
Loot
loot
n. & v. --n. 1 goods taken from an enemy; spoil. 2 booty; illicit gains made by an official. 3 sl. money. --v.tr. 1 rob (premises) or steal (goods) left unprotected, esp. after riots or other violent events. 2 plunder or sack (a city, building, etc.). 3 carry off as booty. Derivatives looter n. Etymology: Hindi lut
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I. noun Etymology: Hindi & Urdu lūṭ; akin to Sanskrit luṇṭati he plunders Date: circa 1788 goods usually of considerable value taken in war ; spoils, something held to resemble goods of value seized in war: as, something appropriated illegally often by force or violence, illicit gains by public officials, money, the action of ~ing, see: spoil II. verb Date: 1845 transitive verb 1. to plunder or sack in war, to rob especially on a large scale and usually by violence or corruption, to seize and carry away by force especially in war, intransitive verb to engage in robbing or plundering especially in war, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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