Definition of "looting" []

• The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance. (noun)
• Present participle of loot. (verb)

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• "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.""