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- noun Plural form of
looting .
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Examples
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There has been no further word on lootings at the Memphis Museum, which former Egyptian Museum director Wafaa el-Saddik told German publication Zeit Online had been "robbed on Saturday morning completely" Google Translation via Hyperallergic.
Egyptian Museum Scare Settled As Antiquities Czar Lands Promotion Travis Korte 2011
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According to the Washington Post, damage from the lootings was less severe than previously thought:
Egyptian Museum Scare Settled As Antiquities Czar Lands Promotion Travis Korte 2011
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There has been no further word on lootings at the Memphis Museum, which former Egyptian Museum director Wafaa el-Saddik told German publication Zeit Online had been "robbed on Saturday morning completely" Google Translation via Hyperallergic.
Egyptian Museum Scare Settled As Antiquities Czar Lands Promotion Travis Korte 2011
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In addition to a September attack on a Darfuri village that killed dozens of civilians, an ongoing spate of isolated attacks on IDP camp leaders, and violent lootings of aid convoys by Sudanese army troops, 21 people died in late January during clashes between Darfuri rebel groups and the Sudanese army.
Ruth Messinger: President Obama: This Is No Time to Let up on Sudan Ruth Messinger 2011
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According to the Washington Post, damage from the lootings was less severe than previously thought:
Egyptian Museum Scare Settled As Antiquities Czar Lands Promotion Travis Korte 2011
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But "there must be more lootings that are not reported up to police," he said.
Looting Rears Its Head in Japan Eric Bellman 2011
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Last week, UN radio reported that South Kivu provincial deputy Jean Marie Ngoma had evidence that troops under the command of Colonel Kifaru Niragiye, a former member of the Congolese Patriotic Resistance PARECO, committed mass rapes and lootings in the villages of Kanguli, Abala, and Niakiele.
Richard Grenell: A Hunger Strike to Capture the White House's Attention Richard Grenell 2011
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Last week, UN radio reported that South Kivu provincial deputy Jean Marie Ngoma had evidence that troops under the command of Colonel Kifaru Niragiye, a former member of the Congolese Patriotic Resistance PARECO, committed mass rapes and lootings in the villages of Kanguli, Abala, and Niakiele.
Richard Grenell: A Hunger Strike to Capture the White House's Attention Richard Grenell 2011
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Shops in the country's second largest city, Bobo-Diooulasso, stayed closed today on fears that military members would continue lootings that accompanied last night's gunfire.
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In addition to a September attack on a Darfuri village that killed dozens of civilians, an ongoing spate of isolated attacks on IDP camp leaders, and violent lootings of aid convoys by Sudanese army troops, 21 people died in late January during clashes between Darfuri rebel groups and the Sudanese army.
Ruth Messinger: President Obama: This Is No Time to Let up on Sudan Ruth Messinger 2011
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