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Loot vs. Plunder — What's the Difference?

Loot vs. Plunder — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Loot and Plunder

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Loot

Private property taken from an enemy in war
The rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy

Plunder

To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war; pillage
Plunder a village.

Loot

Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot
Police confronted the protestors who were looting shops

Plunder

To seize wrongfully or by force; steal
Plundered the supplies.

Loot

Valuables pillaged in time of war; spoils.
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Plunder

To take booty; rob.

Loot

Stolen goods or money.

Plunder

The act or practice of plundering.

Loot

(Informal) Things of value, such as gifts, received.

Plunder

Property stolen by fraud or force; booty.

Loot

(Slang) Money.

Plunder

(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
The mercenaries plundered the small town.
The shopkeeper was plundered of his possessions by the burglar.

Loot

To take goods from (a place) by force or without right, especially in time of war or lawlessness; plunder
The rebels looted the city. Rioters looted the downtown stores.

Plunder

(transitive) To take (goods) by pillage.
The mercenaries plundered all the goods they found.

Loot

To take by force or without right; steal
Broke into the tomb and looted the grave goods.

Plunder

(intransitive) To take by force or wrongfully; to commit robbery or looting, to raid.
“Now to plunder, mateys!” screamed a buccaneer, to cries of “Arrgh!” and “Aye!” all around.

Loot

To take goods by force or through lawless behavior.

Plunder

(transitive) To make extensive (over)use of, as if by plundering; to use or use up wrongfully.
The miners plundered the jungle for its diamonds till it became a muddy waste.

Loot

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

Plunder

(transitive) To take unexpectedly.

Loot

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.
The loot from the sack of Constantinople included the head of John the Baptist.

Plunder

An instance of plundering.

Loot

Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.

Plunder

The loot attained by plundering.
The Hessian kept his choicest plunder in a sack that never left his person, for fear that his comrades would steal it.

Loot

Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.

Plunder

Baggage; luggage.

Loot

(slang) money.

Plunder

To take the goods of by force, or without right; to pillage; to spoil; to sack; to strip; to rob; as, to plunder travelers.
Nebuchadnezzar plunders the temple of God.

Loot

Clipping of lieutenant

Plunder

To take by pillage; to appropriate forcibly; as, the enemy plundered all the goods they found.

Loot

(transitive) plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.

Plunder

The act of plundering or pillaging; robbery. See Syn. of Pillage.
Inroads and plunders of the Saracens.

Loot

Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.

Plunder

That which is taken by open force from an enemy; pillage; spoil; booty; also, that which is taken by theft or fraud.

Loot

The act of plundering.

Plunder

Personal property and effects; baggage or luggage.

Loot

Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.

Plunder

Goods or money obtained illegally

Loot

Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.

Plunder

Take illegally; of intellectual property;
This writer plundered from famous authors

Loot

Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday.

Plunder

Plunder (a town) after capture;
The barbarians sacked Rome

Loot

Money; as, you shouldn't carry all that loot around with you in the city; she made a pile of loot from trading in cattle futures.

Plunder

Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Loot

To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.

Plunder

Destroy and strip of its possession;
The soldiers raped the beautiful country

Loot

Goods or money obtained illegally

Loot

Informal terms for money

Loot

Take illegally; of intellectual property;
This writer plundered from famous authors

Loot

Steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

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