loot
/luːt/verb
उच्चारण लूट
लूटना
Core word
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[I, T]
to steal things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire
लूटना
- shops were looted
- Some people looted shops during the floods, and the police arrested them.
- Armed men looted the village and left before dawn.
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- The museum was looted during the war, and many statues were never found.
- Shops were looted when the power cut left the street dark.
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[U]
money and valuable objects taken by soldiers from the enemy after winning a battle; money and valuable objects that have been stolen
लूट का माल
- hide the loot
- The thieves were caught with the loot hidden under the floor.
- The police recovered most of the loot from the bank robbery.
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- The pirates divided the loot among themselves.
- Kings of old often returned from war with rich loot.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
loot (uncountable noun)
Loot is money or goods stolen in war, riot or crime. It is uncountable and does not have a plural.
Loot युद्ध, दंगे या अपराध में चुराया गया धन या सामान है। यह uncountable है और इसका बहुवचन नहीं बनता।
- The thieves ran away with the loot.
- The police recovered the loot from the van.
loot + object (transitive verb)
As a verb, loot takes the place or thing robbed as its object: loot a shop, loot a museum.
Verb के रूप में loot के बाद वह स्थान या वस्तु आती है जिसे लूटा गया हो: loot a shop, loot a museum।
- Rioters looted several shops.
- The invaders looted the temple of its gold.
loot (verb, without object)
It can also be used with no object: 'People began to loot.'
इसे बिना object के भी प्रयोग किया जा सकता है: 'People began to loot.'
- After the storm, some men began to loot.
- The mob burned and looted all night.
be looted (passive)
The passive is common in history and news: The palace was looted.
इतिहास और समाचारों में passive आम है: The palace was looted.
- The shops were looted during the riots.
- Several relics were looted from the old fort.
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adjective + loot
stolenrichvaluableill-gottenwar
- The pirates buried their ill-gotten loot.
verb + loot
sharerecovercarryhideseize
- The gang quarrelled over how to share the loot.
loot + from
from a bankfrom a shopfrom a villagefrom the palacefrom the temple
- The loot from the jewellery shop was never found.
loot + object (verb)
a shopa housea museumsuppliesthe treasury
- Armed men looted the treasury.
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- History books describe how invaders looted the wealth of the city.
इतिहास की पुस्तकें बताती हैं कि आक्रमणकारियों ने नगर का धन कैसे लूटा।
- The police arrested three men with the loot from the robbery.
पुलिस ने डकैती के माल के साथ तीन आदमियों को गिरफ़्तार किया।
- After the floods, volunteers guarded the shops so that nobody could loot them.
बाढ़ के बाद स्वयंसेवकों ने दुकानों की रखवाली की ताकि कोई उन्हें लूट न सके।
- Radhika read about the loot taken from India by colonial rulers.
राधिका ने औपनिवेशिक शासकों द्वारा भारत से ले जाई गई लूट के बारे में पढ़ा।
- Informally, children call their Diwali gifts a good loot.
अनौपचारिक रूप से बच्चे दीवाली के अपने उपहारों को बढ़िया 'लूट' कहते हैं।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The thieves took away all the loots.
✓ The thieves took away all the loot.
Loot is uncountable and has no plural.
Loot uncountable है और इसका बहुवचन नहीं होता।
✗ The mob looted from the shop.
✓ The mob looted the shop.
Loot as a verb takes the place directly, without 'from'.
Verb के रूप में loot सीधे स्थान को object बनाता है, 'from' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words are all about taking things that are not yours, but each has a different setting.
इन सभी का संबंध पराया माल लेने से है, पर प्रत्येक की स्थिति अलग है।
To steal during chaos such as war or riot; also the stolen goods.
युद्ध या दंगे जैसी अराजकता में चोरी करना; चुराया हुआ माल भी।
- The mob looted the shops.
To rob a place by force, especially in war; more formal and literary.
बलपूर्वक किसी स्थान को लूटना, विशेषकर युद्ध में; अधिक औपचारिक और साहित्यिक।
- The raiders plundered the village.
To take money from a person or place by force or threat.
बल या धमकी से किसी व्यक्ति या स्थान से धन लेना।
- Two men robbed the bank.
⌂Word origin and word building
Word origin: loot comes from the Hindi word lūṭ.
शब्द-उत्पत्ति में loot हिंदी 'लूट' से आया है।