looting

Example Sentences

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The case involved one Bradley Heppner, who was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly looting $150 million from a financial services company he chaired.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

But the South African also sees the game as a "general awareness-raising attempt about African culture, African history, and sort of the scale of this cultural artefact looting that has happened".

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

The Tuwaitha nuclear complex was left unsecured for days after Iraqi forces abandoned it, leading to widespread looting by local civilians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

So Irma banded together with other recipients of farming plots to demand an end to the looting and assert the rights given to them by Chávez’s laws.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

He was still determined to capture Benedict Arnold, whose Loyalists were on a rampage in Virginia, looting Richmond and raiding communities where Patriot supplies were stored.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen