1. Plundering during riots or in wartime
   "Widespread looting occurred in the aftermath of the hurricane";
   - robbery

1. Steal goods; take as spoils
   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners";
   - plunder, despoil, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
    
2. Take illegally; of intellectual property
   "This writer looted from famous authors";
   - plunder

Sounds like: loots, luting, lu

Derived forms: lootings

Type of: pillage, pillaging, plundering, rip [N. Amer, informal], rip off [informal], steal, take

Encyclopedia: Looting