loot

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

saccheggiare

depredare

bottino

saccheggio

predare

malloppo

mettere a sacco

maltolto

grana

guadagno

refurtiva

grisbi

derubare

sacco

conquibus

depredazione

preda

rapina

fare man bassa

far man bassa di

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

butin

plündern

piller

botín

pillar

saquear

saccager

Beute

plunderen

pilhar

buit

roubar

saquear

saque

ravir

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/luːt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine olandese: loet

Affine scozzese: lute

Affine frisone occidentale: loete

Affine Middle Low German: lōte

Affine francese: 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.