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Recent Examples of looter
The looter’s story only came to light thanks to Bradley Gordon, an American lawyer based in Cambodia who has spent much of the last 14 years investigating the plunder of Khmer cultural heritage.
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Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op.
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Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
23 May 2026
As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay.
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Fran J. Ruiz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements?
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Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op.
—
Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
23 May 2026
As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay.
—
Fran J. Ruiz,
Rolling Stone,
18 Nov. 2025
Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements?
—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looter
Noun
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Cargo theft has been around for centuries, evident for example in the train robbers of the late 1800s, but soaring demand for AI hardware has shifted heist targets to data centers and the technology’s ever-expanding infrastructure.
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The crux of the case stems from a 2019 armed robbery at a Virginia bank and how police tracked down the robber.
Noun
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Corporate raiders became the enforcers.
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For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
Noun
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This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
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There are 10 others — a bear, dragon, fox, knight, lion, marauder, mustang, red panda, watchman and wolf — that will be narrowed to a final three via a public voting process that ends Friday.
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“Looter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looter. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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