loot

Noun
  1. Goods or money obtained illegally (synset 113283562)
    hypernym: stolen property - property that has been stolen
    part holonym: cut - a share of the profits
    synonym: booty, dirty money, pillage, plunder, prize, swag
  2. Informal terms for money (synset 113406389)
    hypernym: money - the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
    synonym: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
Verb
  1. Take illegally;
    Of intellectual property (synset 202350284)
    "This writer plundered from famous authors"
    domain category: crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act
    hypernym: rip, rip off, steal - take without the owner's consent
    synonym: plunder
  2. Steal goods;
    Take as spoils (synset 202349564)
    "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
    hypernym: take - take by force
    hyponym: deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
    synonym: despoil, foray, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip

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