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as in cash
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
a top-ranked golfer earning plenty of loot
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as in to plunder
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night
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Recent Examples of loot
Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Tournament Notes All gameplay items included in Chapter 6 Season 2 are eligible for tournament play, though loot pool differentiations may be made in the coming weeks.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Their testimonies—detailing missing relatives, murdered family members, homes looted then burned—should shake us to our core.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The actual Rite of the Nine is supposed to arrive with three modes, a teaching mode will tooltips and hints about mechanics, a normal mode and then contest mode for extra challenge and Adept shiny loot.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
Tournament Notes All gameplay items included in Chapter 6 Season 2 are eligible for tournament play, though loot pool differentiations may be made in the coming weeks.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
Police say just before midnight that 10 people had been arrested citywide, including seven for breaking curfew and two for looting.
—Steve Earley, Baltimore Sun, 10 Apr. 2025
Their testimonies—detailing missing relatives, murdered family members, homes looted then burned—should shake us to our core.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loot
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Such tactics included the extraordinary plunder and destruction of the Hundred Years’ War and the fire bombings of cities in World War II.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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And two, even for the plunder of a smash and grab, that seems a sloppy hiding place.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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Skilled thieves target specific homes and literally knock on the door and otherwise check to find a time when nobody is home, then the crooks burglarize the home quickly looking for jewelry and cash.—
Greg Fisher,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2025
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In turn, the government must borrow other money from the public to raise the cash needed.—
Doug Criscitello,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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The city was sacked again — this time by the Turks — and incorporated into the Ottoman Empire.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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At the crossroads of Roman roads in ancient Gaul, Cassel was sacked by the Vikings in the late 9th century, and later became a 17th-century war prize fought over by France and Spain.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
7 Apr. 2025
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Looting has been happening for centuries, but today’s criminals have turned to advanced technologies—including sonar, drones and underwater metal detectors—to pluck treasure from shipwrecks and other ancient sites beneath the Mediterranean Sea, per the AP.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Beachcombers and seashell hunters will appreciate the opportunity to find little treasures washed ashore.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2025
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Youngkin in 2021 raised $2.2 million in contributions, but the millionaire investor bolstered his war chest with $5.5million of his own money, according to the Virginia Department of Elections.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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So, what are the chances that anyone will be investigated for Hope Florida’s potentially criminal use of public money to fund a political campaign to defeat an amendment to the constitution of the state of Florida?—
Letters to the editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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For centuries, the East India Company, a commercial and military organization, pillaged the riches of India to fund the British Empire and the company’s own expansion.—
Michael Knights,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2025
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While Smoke heads to town to buy provisions for the club, Stack and Sammie hire another musician, the elderly Delta Slim (Delroy Lindo), who has been playing harmonica for coins at the train station.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2025
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Some people like to put chocolates, toys, coins and other treats inside the ones that can be split in half for extra fun.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His home was raided on August 5, 2024, where FBI agents found no evidence of the drug itself but did seize electronic items and demanded Reister take a urine test.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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Though Tut ruled for only a short time, this tomb was well concealed and, unlike most others, wasn’t raided.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Loot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loot. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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