loot

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
2. (uncountable) Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
3. (US, colloquial, uncountable) Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
4. (slang, uncountable) Synonym of money.

Verb

1. (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
2. (transitive) Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.

Conceptes

saquejar

desvalisar

espoliar

encisar

pasta

pillar

presa

rapinyar

robar

botí

quartos

💸

expilar

roberia

calés

cuques

peles

arrabassar

pistrincs

embadalir

encantar

Sinònims

plunder

booty

pillage

rob

spoil

stolen goods

despoil

ransack

spoils

steal

dough

sack

lolly

swag

raid

reave

haul

burgle

dosh

robbing

thieve

ravage

dirty money

prize

scratch

bread

🍞

foray

boodle

strip

prey

robbery

simoleons

cabbage

clams

fleece

gelt

kale

kill

🔪🩸👤

lettuce

lucre

maraud

output

pelf

rifle

snatch

sugar

wampum

shekels

stolen property

moolah

Traduccions

butin

saccheggiare

plündern

piller

depredare

botín

pillar

saquear

bottino

plunderen

Beute

saccager

pilhar

buit

mettre à sac

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/luːt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: loet

Cognat amb escocès: lute

Cognat amb frisó occidental: loete

Cognat amb Middle Low German: lōte

Cognat amb francès: louche

In summary

Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.