looting

Synonyms for looting

verb steal goods

noun. stealing

1842, verbal noun from loot (v.).

He's in it, just as much as if he'd got a thousand men behind him, all looting territory.

The joints had been better barricaded, and the looting had been kept to a minimum.

Over on the east coast, the outlaws are looting whole towns.

The lusts of conquest, and of looting, and of combat, all contribute to this spirit of war.

The looting went on persistently and on a scale almost unthinkable.

The Invaders have been looting and burning every castle in their path!

Apart from looting, the great danger that continually threatened us was fire.

Towards the end of August the amount of looting became serious.

When the looting was over, Wan Lingga's people dispersed in all directions.

For a month this looting went on, and was a great contest of wits.