loot

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Inglese

Sostantivo

loot sing (pl.: loots)

  1. saccheggio, razzia
  2. bottino (derivante da un saccheggio o razzia), spoglie di guerra

Verbo

Transitivo

loot (vai alla coniugazione) (3ª persona sing. presente loots, participio presente looting, passato semplice e participio passato looted)

  1. saccheggiare, depredare, rubare

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Etimologia / Derivazione

attestato (come sostantivo) dal 1788, formazione anglo-indiana dall’indostano लूट (lūṭ)/لوٹ‎ (lūṭ, “bottino, spoglia di guerra”), a sua volta dal sanscrito लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “derubare, saccheggiare”). Come verbo attestato dal 1842.

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