0 someone, usually one of a large number of people during a violent event, who steals from shops and houses: --
A mobile looter was arrested by police after he tried to steal a mobile and purse in broad daylight.
The museum galleries were stripped of artifacts by looters.
Looters ransacked shops and set fire to cars.
The looters took valuables from four locked houses.
Pictures of people being arrested and of looter and rioters were shown on TV.
Mobs of looters went on the rampage in several parts of the city.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
looter