Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Loot

Loot (lot) , noun

[Hind. lūt, Sanskrit lōtra, lōptra, booty, lup to break, spoil; prob. akin to English rob.]

1.
The act of plundering.
2.
Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.
3.
Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.
4.
Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday.
5.
Money; as, you shouldn't carry all that loot around with you in the city; she made a pile of loot from trading in cattle futures. [slang]

Loot , verb, transitive and intransitive

To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Looting parties... ransacking the houses. — L. Oliphant