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Looting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.

    "Near-synonym: plundering"

  2. 2
    plundering during riots or in wartime wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of loot form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "While looting the stores the looters took the opportunity for revenge by destroying what they didn't steal."

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