loot betydelse and definition

Betydelse av loot på svenska

• 0 (usually of large numbers of people during a violent event) to steal from shops and houses:

  • During the riot shops were looted and cars damaged or set on fire.

  • Burglars looted cash and mobiles from a shop in Tagore Town.

  • The passengers in the general compartment of Shramjivi Express were looted and robbed of their valuables.

• 1 money and valuable objects that have been stolen, especially by an army from a defeated enemy or by thieves

• 2 (said esp. of large numbers of people) to steal from stores:

  • [ I ] Riot police were sent to prevent the mob from looting.

  • [ T ] The officers of the corporation looted the company of millions of dollars.

• 3 money or valuable objects that have been stolen:

  • Three men have been sentenced to prison for taking part in the robbery, but the loot was never recovered.

• 4 money or valuable objects that have been stolen:

  • They hauled the loot, worth $10 million, to a warehouse.