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1. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
   "the robbers left the looted train"
   - pillaged, plundered, ransacked

1. Take illegally; of intellectual property
   "This writer looted from famous authors"
   - plunder
    
2. Steal goods; take as spoils
   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
   - plunder, despoil, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

See also: empty, looter, looting

Type of: steal, take

Encyclopedia: Loot