noun · uncountable · rare

loot

гроші

деньги, валюта, наличные

Geld, Bargeld, Vermögen

Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly during the…Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.

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UK/luːt/US/lut/

» We won't tolerate any looting.

Ми не потерпимо мародерства.

Meaning

5 senses

(uncountable)Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
The loot from the sack of Constantinople included the head of John the Baptist.
(uncountable)Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.
(US, colloquial, uncountable)Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
(slang, uncountable)Synonym of money.
Knete, Zaster
informal terms for money
(Northern England, Scotland, UK, dialectal)A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.

Examples

51 sentences

We won't tolerate any looting.
Ми не потерпимо мародерства. — deniko
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We split the loot three ways.
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We divided the loot three ways.
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Tom got away with the loot.
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Tom left with the loot.
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Translations

6 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

slang: money, especially illicitly acquired:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stol

Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.

Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch *lōta, from Old Frankish *lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”).

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