Looting

"Looting" in a Sentence (13 examples)

There was looting.

We won't tolerate any looting.

The best way to conceptualize looting is as similar to pollution, a byproduct of the economics of the antiquities trade.

Looting, raping, and plundering are common during wartime.

As a result of the riots, the incidence of looting in wealthy neighborhoods increased.

Following the riots, incidents of looting in affluent neighborhoods multiplied.

We haven't seen a lot of looting.

The Bouteflika government was looting Algeria's state assets.

After the looting, the government ordered a curfew.

The punishment for looting, Hrohul says, is being tied to a tree or pole without pants "so people can spank them as they pass."

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Near-synonym: plundering

During the looting, the mob stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings.

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

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