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Meanings of looted in английском

Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value.

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Examples for "plundered"
Examples for "plundered"
1
A Europe where public services such as education are plundered for profit.
The Irish Times
2
The shutters of all the summer residences were closed; the gardens plundered.
Married
3
Yes, the battle is decided; while the Austrians plundered, the Prussians conquered.
Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
4
Even before the 2003 looting, historical sites across Iraq were frequently plundered.
Reuters
5
One night toward the end of November the savages plundered the sleighs.
Pathfinders of the West / Being the Thrilling Story of the Adven...
1
The room was in disorder-thedrawers pulled out and the contents ransacked.
The Sleuth of St. James's Square
2
Demonstrators stormed the Legislative Council building on July 1 and ransacked it.
Reuters
3
Every unoccupied farm they'd visited had been ransacked for food and livestock.
The Naked God
4
He said the thieves ransacked the hardware's office in search of cash.
Jamaica Observer
5
Slipping in at the door he found that everything had been ransacked.
Tarzan of the Apes
1
In the space of perhaps an hour, she had pillaged every room.
Fugitive pieces
2
There was not a house in the town but had been pillaged.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
3
The generals of the United States never permit individuals to be pillaged.
The Devil's Disciple
4
He pillaged that store with the thoroughness of the Crusaders looting Constantinople.
Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents
5
The temples and palaces were pillaged, and finally the city was burnt.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
Usage of looted in английском
1
Officials said flood victims had looted grains at some places in Bihar.
Reuters
2
Officials said flood victims had looted grain at some places in Bihar.
Reuters
3
What links TV news, American football, Presidential politics and looted art works?
The Irish Times
4
The Taliban stopped the UN food aid efforts and looted the stores.
The Irish Times
5
You have looted Pharaoh's ships, taken Pharaoh's goods, and murdered Pharaoh's soldiers.
The heretic queen
6
They looted shops, firebombed a police vehicle and assaulted dozens of civilians.
Reuters
7
Images of stores that appear to have been looted flooded social media.
The South African
8
For all the bombs, Khedairy's house-andKhedairy's neighborhood-hadnot yet been looted.
The forever war
9
Almost everything of value, from cars to television sets, has been looted.
The Irish Times
10
In the first place most treasure ships are looted before they sink.
Under the Ocean to the South Pole; Or, the Strange Cruise of the...
11
Spaza shops were looted and destroyed as xenophobic protests spread throughout Soweto.
The South African
12
The mistake of this country is they have destroyed and looted everything.
The Guardian
13
The tradition has continued as Nigeria's oil wealth continues to be looted.
The Guardian
14
The prisoners and the slave labourers now looted from their former masters.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
15
Some were looted and destroyed while the few that remain are outdated.
Reuters
16
He secured the estate built by Rabasco on the looted Montez fortune.
The Young Engineers in Mexico; Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers
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South Africa
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Ireland
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United States of America
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