Synonyms of loot

loot 1 of 2

noun

ˈlüt 

1

as in plunder

valuables stolen or taken by force

the burglar was caught when he foolishly stopped to examine the loot from the robbery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunder
• treasure
• booty
• prize
• spoil
• pillage
• swag
• haul
• catch
• windfall
• pilferage
• take

2

as in cash

something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment

a top-ranked golfer earning plenty of loot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cash
• money
• coin
• currency
• bucks
• gold
• funds
• dough
• moolah
• coinage
• chips
• pelf
• change
• lucre
• shekels
• green
• wampum
• legal tender
• moola
• bread
• dollar
• cabbage
• scratch
• tender
• kale
• lolly
• needful
• long green
• shekalim
• sheqalim
• sheqels
• resources
• wallet
• shekelim
• specie
• scrip
• capital
• money order
• treasure
• jack
• paper money
• wealth
• finances
• riches
• promissory note
• pittance
• bankroll
• folding money
• roll
• bill
• pile
• draft
• abundance
• banknote
• mint
• dime
• opulence
• bundle
• bomb
• peanuts
• wad
• means
• chump change
• pot
• fortune
• greenback
• dead presidents
• big bucks
• check
• dibs
• boodle
• megabucks
• mite
• pocket money
• petty cash
• pin money
• spending money
• mad money
• shoestring
• note
• earth
• packet
• wherewithal
• cashier's check
• king's ransom

loot

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verb

as in to plunder

to search through with the intent of committing robbery

the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunder
• sack
• pillage
• raid
• despoil
• ransack
• maraud
• rifle
• rake
• steal (from)
• comb
• break in
• hunt
• burglarize
• rummage
• rip off
• harry
• ravish

Synonym Chooser

How does the noun loot differ from other similar words?

Some common synonyms of loot are booty, plunder, prize, spoils, and spoil. While all these words mean "something taken from another by force or craft," loot applies especially to what is taken from victims of a catastrophe.

picked through the ruins for loot

When could booty be used to replace loot?

While in some cases nearly identical to loot, booty implies plunder to be shared among confederates.

thieves dividing up their booty

When might plunder be a better fit than loot?

In some situations, the words plunder and loot are roughly equivalent. However, plunder applies to what is taken not only in war but in robbery, banditry, grafting, or swindling.

a bootlegger's plunder

In what contexts can prize take the place of loot?

Although the words prize and loot have much in common, prize applies to spoils captured on the high seas or territorial waters of the enemy.

the wartime right of seizing prizes at sea

How do spoil and spoils relate to one another, in the sense of loot?

Spoil, more commonly spoils, applies to what belongs by right or custom to the victor in war or political contest.

the spoils of political victory

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loot

Noun

All these jobs are paying off a debt to his former handler, the Barber (Colin Salmon), who covered the cost of Hutch burning piles of Russian-mob loot. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2025

An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings. —John Annese, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025

Verb

Argentine prosecutors have charged the daughter of a fugitive Nazi officer with attempting to hide an 18th-century Italian painting that was looted during World War II and had not been seen publicly in 80 years. —Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2025

Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment. —Rabih Alameddine september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025