Synonyms for looter
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
One who loots, who steals during a general disturbance such as a riot or natural disaster.
After the hurricane, before law was restored, looters stole everything that wasn't nailed down.
Forms
- Plural
- looters → raiders, spoilers, plunderers, freebooters…
Example sentences
- raider The corporate raider had a history of running companies into the ground.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| looter | rising | |
| raider | rising | |
| plunderer | rising | |
| freebooter | steady | |
| pillager | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- raider2
- 7 letters
- spoiler2
- 8 letters
- pillager3
- 9 letters
- plunderer, despoiler, ransacker
- 10 letters
- freebooter
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (raider2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pilleur