loot

Etymology 1
Borrowed from, either from or. The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.

Noun

 * , goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly during the sacking of a town in war or  after successful combat.
 * 1) * 2015,, "Britain Does Owe Reparations", 00:02:22:
 * India went from being a world-famous exporter of finished cloth into an importer, went from having 27% of world trade to less than 2%. Meanwhile, colonialists like bought their rotten boroughs in England on the proceeds of their loot in India while taking the Hindi word "loot" into their dictionaries as well as their habits.
 * , the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
 * 1)  Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
 * 2) * 1956 April 23, Life Magazine, p. 131:
 * Free Loot for Children
 * , the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
 * 1)  Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
 * 2) * 1956 April 23, Life Magazine, p. 131:
 * Free Loot for Children
 * 1) * 1956 April 23, Life Magazine, p. 131:
 * Free Loot for Children

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Occitan:, , pecunha
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * , to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or after successful combat.
 * 1) * 1842 May 17, Lord Ellenborough, letter:
 * The plunderers are beaten whenever they are caught, but there is a good deal of burning and ‘looting’ as they call it.
 * , to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
 * 1) * 1851 June 20, Mrs. Hervey, journal:
 * He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’
 * , to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
 * 1) * 1851 June 20, Mrs. Hervey, journal:
 * He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: نَهَبَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: çapmaq
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: rüüstama
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: rööstää
 * Irish:, creach
 * Italian:, , , fare man bassa
 * Latin: praedor
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Maori: pāhua, pāhuahua, kōhunu
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: plyndre
 * Old English: strūdan
 * Polish: szabrować
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: لُوٹنا

Etymology 2
Borrowed from or, from reconstructed , from Old , from , from.

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Noun

 * 1)  A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.

Etymology 3
Clipping.

Etymology 1
From, from , from , related to and.

Noun

 * 1) A sprout, shoot, stem etc. growing on an existing plant part
 * 2) A descendant, offspring.
 * 3) Something originating, growing, developing from another.
 * 1) Something originating, growing, developing from another.

Derived terms

 * to sprout

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) lead metal