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loot

UK/luːt/ US/lut/ fairly common slang uk us
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

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2.

verb

1.

take illegally; of intellectual property

  • “This writer plundered from famous authors”
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2.

steal goods; take as spoils

  • “During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch *lōta, from Old Frankish *lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”). Related to lade and ladle, and cognate with Dutch loet, Scots lute or luyt (“scoop”), West Frisian loete or lete, Middle Low German lōte (“rake”), and French louche (“ladle”).

Phrases

  • loot box
  • loot crate
  • loot rail
  • loot whore
  • ninja loot
  • when the looting starts, the shooting starts

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