loot

Example Sentences

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But the scope of the investigations has grown as prosecutors uncover how more programs were looted.

From The Wall Street Journal

Firefighters used an excavator to remove broken glass and gnarled metal strewn across the site as policemen with pump-action rifles patrolled on motorbike to prevent looting.

From Barron's

It was late, and the store was out of disposable bags, so I tucked some of the loot into my dance bag and cradled the rest in the crook of my arm.

From Salon

Fearing looting and vandalism after Kadhafi's overthrow, the antiquities department removed "all the artefacts until the country re-stabilised", said Fakroun, 63, who has worked at the French archaeological mission to Libya for almost four decades.

From Barron's

Several Ukrainian sources have also accused Butyagin of "looting" objects by taking them to Russia, although these charges are not part of Ukraine's case.

From BBC