loot
noun/luːt/
/luːt/
[uncountable]- money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle synonym booty
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- (informal) money and valuable objects that have been stolen by thieves
- (informal) money
- (in a video game) something valuable that can be found by a player to use in the game
- I got some cool loot from a loot box.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.
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