looped English
Verb
(head)
(loop)
Adjective
( en adjective)
having loops
formed into a loop
(of part of a fingerprint) whorled
(slang) drunk
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looted English
Verb
(head)
(loot)
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loot English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) loet, loete .
Alternative forms
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Noun
( en noun)
A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.
Etymology 2
Attested 1788, a loan from Hindustani .
The verb is from 1842. Fallows (1885) records both the noun and the verb as "Recent. Anglo-Indian".
In origin only applicable to plundering in warfare.
A figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s
Noun
( -)
The act of plundering.
- the loot of an ancient city
plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.
(colloquial, US) any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents
*1956 "Free Loot for Children" (LIFE Magazine, 23 April 1956, p. 131 )
(video games) Items dropped from defeated enemies in video games and online games.
Synonyms
* swag
Related terms
* contraband
* plunder
Verb
( en verb)
to steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.
*1833 "Gunganarian, the leader of the Chooars, continues his system of looting and murder", The asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies Black, Parbury & Allen, p. 66 .
(video games) to examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.
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