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(verb) steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
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Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
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Related Words: deplume, displume, take |
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(verb) plunder after capture, as of a town |
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Synonyms: sack |
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Related Words: take |
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(verb) take illegally; of intellectual property: "This writer plundered from famous authors" |
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Synonyms: loot |
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Related Words: steal |
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(verb) destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
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Synonyms: despoil, rape, violate |
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Related Words: destroy, ruin |
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(noun) goods or money obtained illegally |
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Synonyms: booty, loot, pillage, prize, swag |
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Related Words: stolen property |
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