loot
Example Sentences
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He inherited the largest standing army in Europe but, Mr. Richardson notes, without tax revenues he would need to “beg, borrow and loot, just to keep his soldiers fed and paid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
“They had the time to go through the museum director’s desk and find the key. They could loot it all at their leisure.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Just consider what the country’s top law-enforcement agencies have been buying with their new loot.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
This only applies, though, if the loot is not found to be linked to criminal activity.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The lawyers finally convinced a judge that a septuagenarian staying at a hotel would not need to loot a store for sausages.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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