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LOOT

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 990 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LOOT  ,

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plunder or spoil taken from an enemy in
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war, especially the indiscriminate plunder taken by the
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victor after the
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capture of a
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city . The word came into
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English from
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India . It is adapted from the
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Hindi lut, which is either from
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Sanskrit lutit, to rob, plunder, or lotra, loptra,
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booty .

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