looted

VERB

steal goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burglarize grab gut pillage plunder raid ransack rob snatch

STRONG

appropriate boost despoil liberate lift loft make ravage relieve requisition rifle sack salvage snitch swipe take thieve

WEAK

moonlight requisition rip off smash and grab stick up tip over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

give protect receive

STRONG

demote disallow discourage fail halt harm hurt injure keep lose prevent refuse reject stop

Example Sentences

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According to Brand, Seyffardt's granddaughter told the family member the painting was "Jewish looted art, stolen from Goudstikker. It is unsellable. Don't tell anyone."

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

Brand then searched the archives of a 1940 auction where much of Goudstikker's looted collection was sold and discovered an item under the number 92 titled "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He searched the archives of an auction in 1940 where part of the looted Goudstikker collection went under the hammer and found item number 92: "Portrait of a Young Girl" by Toon Kelder.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

A spokesman for RSF has denied that its fighters looted the museums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The first he’d seen in some while, common in the north, leading out of the looted and exhausted cities, hopeless messages to loved ones lost and dead.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

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