looting

NOUN

robbery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break in burglary embezzlement felony heist holdup larceny mugging theft wrongdoing

STRONG

caper hit job stickup thievery

WEAK

mortal sin purse-snatching unlawful act

Antonyms

STRONGEST

return

NOUN

theft

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break in burglary crime embezzlement extortion fraud heist holdup larceny mugging piracy robbery shoplifting thievery vandalism

STRONG

annexation appropriation caper cheating deprivation grab hustle job lift peculation pilferage pillage pinch plunder racket rapacity ripoff score snatch snitch steal stickup swindle thieving touch

WEAK

defrauding pilfering purloining robbing swindling swiping

Antonyms

STRONG

bestowal gift giving offering

WEAK

return

Example Sentences

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Back in August 2023, there was a poster - not dissimilar to the School Wars one - that circulated on TikTok and Snapchat about disorder and looting on Oxford Street.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The anti-Assad forces were splintered, mutually mistrustful and prone to looting; the areas they controlled descended into anarchy.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Kinshasa on Sunday urged "the international community to fully grasp the scale of this tragedy" which it blamed on "armed occupation and an organised system of looting" by the Rwanda-backed militia.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

The Tuwaitha nuclear complex was left unsecured for days after Iraqi forces abandoned it, leading to widespread looting by local civilians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Around her, neighbors scrambled with wooden buckets, looting the beach for stranded fish and crabs.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

looting

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