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Synonyms for loot

Most common

bread moolah lucre gelt booty swag sack

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.

    The loot from the sack of Constantinople included the head of John the Baptist.

  2. n. 2

    Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.

    He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.

  3. v. 1

    Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.

    We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.

Related words

Word family
looter
Phrases
loot box loot crate

Forms

Plural
loots → moolahs, gelts, breads, sugars…
Past participle
looted
e.g. looted → plundered, pillaged, ransacked, rifled…

Example sentences

  • bread A loaf of bread is better than the songs of birds.
  • booty I will never be anyone's booty call nor second option!
  • swag The reporter's luggage was filled with branded swag from the promotional event.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
lootrising
breadrising
moolahsteady
lucresteady
geltsteady
bootyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
rob1
4 letters
rape1, sack1, kale1, swag, flog1, gelt, pelf
5 letters
money2, sugar2, prize1, bread1, steal1, strip1, rifle2, dough1, spoil1, booty2, foray2, lolly2, prise, lucre
6 letters
fleece1, spoils1, ravage2, moolah, dinero, bootle, wampum2, maraud2
7 letters
scratch1, lettuce2, cabbage2, plunder2, pillage2, ransack2, despoil
8 letters
stealing2, picaroon, spoliate
9 letters
simoleons

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (money2 = 2 syllables).

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fric
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grana
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pasta
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