NOUN | possession | loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money | goods or money obtained illegally |
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possession | loot, boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | informal terms for money | |
VERB | possession | loot, plunder | take illegally |
possession | loot, plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | steal goods |
Sounds | luw't | |
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Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... |
Meaning | Goods or money obtained illegally. | |
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Synonyms | booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money | |
Parts | cut | A share of the profits / profits |
Broader | stolen property | Property that has been stolen |
Spanish | botín, presa, sacomano, saqueo | |
Catalan | botí, presa, roberia, saqueig | |
Verbs | loot | steal goods |
Meaning | informal terms for money. | |
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Synonyms | boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum | |
Broader | money | The most common medium of exchange |
Spanish | cuartos, cucas, dinero, guita, kale, lana, lucro, mosca, parné, pasta, pelas, simoleons | |
Catalan | calés, cuques, kale, lucre, pasta, peles, pistrincs, quartos, simoleons |
Meaning | Take illegally; of intellectual property. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They loot the goods | |
Synonym | plunder | |
Category | crime, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
Broader | steal, rip off, rip | Take without the owner's consent |
Spanish | pillar, piratear, plagiar, saquear | |
Catalan | saquejar |
Meaning | steal goods; take as spoils. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" | |
Synonyms | plunder, despoil, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray | |
Narrower | deplume, displume | strip of honors, possessions, or attributes |
Broader | take | Take by force |
Spanish | despojar, desvalijar, expoliar, pillar, saquear | |
Catalan | desvalisar, espoliar, expilar, saquejar | |
Nouns | loot | goods or money obtained illegally |
looter | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | |
looting | plundering during riots or in wartime |
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