as in robbery
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as in plundering
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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Noun
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Several of those killed and arrested had criminal records, according to authorities, with charges ranging from robbery to drug trafficking.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
7 Mar. 2025 -
The last inmate in the U.S. to be killed by firing squad was in 2010, when Utah executed Ronnie Lee Gardner for killing a man during a robbery.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA TODAY,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
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Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.—
Ben Standig,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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While in Africa, Suchet visits Kimberley, the site of diamond mines (and where Rhodes founded the De Beers diamond company), and the plunder and extraction are so clear.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The revisionists aim to create an environment primed for expansion and plunder.—
HAL BRANDS,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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For that reason, the Abraham Accords lie in tatters - a despoliation very deliberately aimed at by Iran and Hamas via October 7.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes,
30 Sep. 2024
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Landscape exists to register ideas, like dispossession or despoliation, but not feelings.—
Philip Kennicott,
Washington Post,
5 Oct. 2023
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“Looting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looting. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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