Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who loots; a plunderer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A plunderer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
loots , whosteals during a general disturbance such as ariot ornatural disaster .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Etymologies
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Examples
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JIM PRUETT, GUN SHOP OWNER: This is called a looter shooter.
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JIM PRUETT, GUN SHOP OWNER: This is called a looter shooter.
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When I discuss the fact that a photo of a Black man wading through post-Katrina waters with a bag is called a looter by national media, and an exactly the same photo of a White man doing the same thing is called foraging to stay alive, am I being racist?
Black Entertainment USA - Celebrity / Entertainment News - African American view 2009
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She does not believe that one human being has a right to appropriate the fruit of the labor of another human being regardless of the use the appropriator (she aptly calls looter) intends to make of it.
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JIM PRUETT, GUN SHOP OWNER, HOUSTON TALK SHOW HOST: This is called a looter shooter.
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They might as well have had 'looter' tattooed on their foreheads.
Boris in Iraq 2008
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(If only because the violently horrific racism of the whole situation was so impossible to avoid hour after hour on our TV screens, belying the "looter" lies of the commentary.)
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No sane person should classify someone who takes food from indefinitely closed stores in a desperate, starving city as a "looter," but thats just what the media did over and over again.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Notes from inside New Orleans 2005
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No sane person should classify someone who takes food from indefinitely closed stores in a desperate, starving city as a "looter," but thats just what the media did over and over again.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: September 2005 Archives 2005
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I fear for the news when the first "looter" is shot dead by some overenthusiastic recruit brought in to enforce military law.
Bush: Zero Tolerance of Law Breaking= Zero Compassion, Zero Understanding 2005
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