The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.(noun)
Present participle of loot.(verb)
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Use "looting" in a sentence
"And the term "looting" should be reserved for items that are not necessary to preserve human life."
"I'm using the term looting in the sense defined by the economists George Akerlof and Paul Romer in 1993 paper Looting: The Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for Profit."
"I'm using the term looting in the sense defined by the economists George Akerlof and Paul Romer in a 1993 paper titled "Looting: The Economic Underworld of Bankruptcy for Profit.""