| 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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