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Verb
S:
(v)
loot
,
plunder
(take illegally; of intellectual property)
"This writer plundered from famous authors"
S:
(v)
sack
,
plunder
(plunder (a town) after capture)
"the barbarians sacked Rome"
S:
(v)
plunder
,
despoil
,
loot
,
reave
,
strip
,
rifle
,
ransack
,
pillage
,
foray
(steal goods; take as spoils)
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
S:
(v)
rape
,
spoil
,
despoil
,
violate
,
plunder
(destroy and strip of its possession)
"The soldiers raped the beautiful country"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
looted
,
pillaged
,
plundered
,
ransacked
(wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value)
"the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"