looter

Definition of looternext

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Recent Examples of looter 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
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Noun
  • Police said the robber was seen leaving the area in a gray 2020 Cadillac CT6.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Yet key dramatic moments—a shooting, the robbers’ realization that the bank vault is empty—occurred in a hallway invisible to the audience, described secondhand.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Based in Austin, Texas, Saronic makes six autonomous surface vessel iterations, including a six-foot-long vessel known as Spyglass and its 40-metric-ton marauder.
    Samantha Subin, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The marauders who perpetrated the post-2003 sectarian violence weren’t.
    Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025

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“Looter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looter. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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