looting
noun[U]
uk/ˈluː.tɪŋ/us/ˈluː.t̬ɪŋ/theactivityofstealingfromshopsduring aviolentevent:
（暴力事件中发生的）抢劫，洗劫There werereportsofwidespreadlooting ashooligansstampededthrough thecitycentre.有报道说足球流氓经过市中心时进行了大规模的洗劫。
Synonyms
pillageformal
plunder
Compare
robbery
Stealing
- abscond
- aggravated burglary
- anti-burglar
- anti-burglary
- anti-piracy
- hot-wire
- housebreaking
- jemmy
- jimmy
- job
- kleptomania
- piratical
- plunder
- poach
- poaching
- purloin
- rustle
- rustling
- snaffle
- snitch