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

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LOOT , See also:

PLUNDER

plunder or spoil taken from an enemy in See also:

war, especially the indiscriminate plunder taken by the See also:

victor after the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . The word came into See also:

ENGLISH

English from See also:

India . It is adapted from the See also:

Hindi lut, which is either from See also:

SANSKRIT

Sanskrit lutit, to rob, plunder, or lotra, loptra, See also:

BOOTY (apparently influenced by " boot," O. Eng. bot, ad-vantage or profit, through an adaptation from an earlier form cognate with Ger. Beute and Fr. butin)

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