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Definition of Looted
1. Adjective. Wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value. "People returned to the plundered village"
Definition of Looted
1. Verb. (past of loot) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Looted
1. loot [v] - See also: loot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Looted
Literary usage of Looted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"... Indians appeared in the quiet of that August Sabbath morning. The people were
at church. Hammond was killed, and his house looted.1 About two miles be- ..."
2. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... the rebels—Trial of Vita Hassan—-Vita Hassan questions me—Inability of the
people to help themselves—A pretentious people—Emin's house looted—Spirit of ..."
3. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... beaten by his soldiers—Vita's house looted—Emin's Irregulars—Departure of
steamer for M'swa—Moslem protestations of friendliness— Influence of Egyptians ..."
4. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1911)
"... interdependence of international finance—Attila and the Kaiser—What would
happen if a German invader looted the Bank of England—German trade dependent ..."
5. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National by Norman Angell (1913)
"... interdependence of international finance—Attila and the Kaiser —What would
happen if a German invader looted the Bank of England—German trade dependent ..."
6. New Collection Methods: A Systematic Treatment of the Place of Collections by Edward Hall Gardner (1918)
"A looted Business Sometimes a credit man can tell a story of a business so heavily
looted by its own proprietor that the most desperate efforts of financial ..."