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  • 21steal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rob (see stealing); sneak, tiptoe, creep (see secret, travel). n., informal, bargain, good buy (see cheapness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, filch, bag, thieve, loot, rob, purloin, embezzle, defraud …

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  • 22loot´er — loot1 «loot», noun, verb. –n. 1. things taken in plundering; spoils; booty: »loot taken by soldiers from a captured town. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under plunder. (Cf. ↑plunder) …

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  • 23pil´lag|er — pil|lage «PIHL ihj», verb, laged, lag|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to rob with violence; plunder: »Pirates pillaged the towns along the coast. SYNONYM(S): sack, strip, rifle. 2. to take possession of or carry off as booty. –v.i. to take booty; …

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  • 24pil|lage — «PIHL ihj», verb, laged, lag|ing, noun. –v.t. 1. to rob with violence; plunder: »Pirates pillaged the towns along the coast. SYNONYM(S): sack, strip, rifle. 2. to take possession of or carry off as booty. –v.i. to take booty; …

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  • 25loot — loot1 looter, n. /looht/, n. 1. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war. 2. anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar s loot. 3. a collection of valued objects: The children shouted and laughed as they opened their… …

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  • 26loot — n 1. booty, Archaic. boot, spoil, spoils, plunder, pillage, Archaic. prey, Scot. Obs. reif; stolen goods, Inf. steal, Sl. hot goods, Sl. boodle, Sl. the take, Sl. the goods, Sl. swag. 2.Informal. valuables, treasures, prizes, gifts, possessions,… …

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  • 27loot — [[t]lut[/t]] n. 1) spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war 2) anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar s loot[/ex] 3) a collection of gifts or purchases 4) sts Slang. money 5) the act of looting 6) to carry off or… …

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  • 28loot — /lut / (say looht) noun 1. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war. 2. anything dishonestly and ruthlessly appropriated: a burglar s loot. 3. the act of looting or plundering: the loot of a conquered city. 4. Colloquial money. –verb (t) 5 …

  • 29spoil — [c]/spɔɪl / (say spoyl) verb (spoiled or spoilt, spoiling) –verb (t) 1. to damage or impair (a thing) irreparably as to excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: to spoil a sheet of paper. 2. to impair in character or disposition by unwise treatment,… …

  • 30Nanking Massacre — Rape of Nanking redirects here. For Iris Chang s book, see The Rape of Nanking (book). Nankin Jiken redirects here. For the 1927 Nankin Jiken, see Nanjing Incident. Nanking Massacre Massacre victims on the shore of Yangtze River with a Japanese… …

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