(loot) v.t.
1. To plunder, as a conquered city; pillage.
2. To carry off as plunder.
—v.i.
3. To engage in plundering.
—noun
1. Booty taken from a sacked city by a victorious army; plunder.
2. Anything unlawfully taken, as by one in an official position. [<Hind. lūt <Skt. luṇṭ]
—loot′er noun

(lt) Scot.
Past tense of LET¹.