loot
意味
- 戦利品;略奪物;(官吏などの)不正所得
- …を略奪する;…を荒らす
- 略奪行為をする;不正利得をする
例文
A government official's stately mansion was looted.
政府役人の豪邸が略奪された。
The thief outwitted the police and got away with his loot.
泥棒は警官の裏をかいて盗品を持って逃げた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.