looting
Meaning of looting
verb, gerund or present participle
- steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.
desperate residents looted shops for food and water
early 19th century (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.
Information about looting
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of looting is: lootings.
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Hyphenation of looting
loot-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- looting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
looting synonyms
Meaning robbery:
Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:
Meaning rob a (place) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning dismiss from employment:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:
Meaning take property unlawfully from (a person or place) by force or threat of force:
Meaning enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:
Meaning go about in search of things to steal or people to attack:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property):
Meaning remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it:
Meaning leave bare of accessories or fittings:
Meaning obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning steal from, typically using force; plunder:
Meaning rob of something; plunder:
Anagrams of looting
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