On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Looting. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as robbery or plundering and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Looting in a sentence
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Looting meaning
The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.
Synonyms of Looting
Using Looting
- The main meaning on this page is: The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent.
- Useful related words include: robbery, plundering, pillage, pillaging.
- In the example corpus, looting often appears in combinations such as: and looting, looting and, the looting.
Context around Looting
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Looting
- In this selection, "looting" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, anti, prevent, civilians, shops, task and yemen stand out and add context to how "looting" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and widespread looting took place and be without looting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "looting" sits close to words such as accustomed, allah and derivative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with looting
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At present, multinationals are looting Yemen’s oil. (8 words)
Later, windows were smashed and widespread looting took place. (9 words)
In Darfur, looting, attacks and destruction have created new needs and displacement. (12 words)
Gibbs 2006. p. 270. In an attempt to stop widespread protests and looting that followed his social spending cuts, Pérez initiated Plan Ávila and an outbreak of looting and violent repression of protesters, known as El Caracazo unfolded. (38 words)
While Underwood does not directly condemn “rioting and looting” during that appearance, taken in the full context of her remarks it is a stretch to suggest her praise of “beautiful protests” extends to looting and rioting. (36 words)
Amnesty detailed waves of violence in West Darfur province —one of five constituting the Darfur region — including the killing of civilians, looting and destruction of homes and facilities such as the main hospital and markets. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A PNP special anti-looting task force has also been mobilized to the danger zones to ensure that the properties of the evacuees are safe and secure and to prevent looting.
While Underwood does not directly condemn “rioting and looting” during that appearance, taken in the full context of her remarks it is a stretch to suggest her praise of “beautiful protests” extends to looting and rioting.
Gibbs 2006. p. 270. In an attempt to stop widespread protests and looting that followed his social spending cuts, Pérez initiated Plan Ávila and an outbreak of looting and violent repression of protesters, known as El Caracazo unfolded.
Amnesty detailed waves of violence in West Darfur province —one of five constituting the Darfur region — including the killing of civilians, looting and destruction of homes and facilities such as the main hospital and markets.
Armed fighters rampaged through a city in Sudan's war-ravaged region of Darfur on Thursday, battling each other and looting shops and homes, residents said.
Assuring that the looting had been brought under control, Nguroje said attention had shifted to enforcing the statewide curfew imposed by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.
At present, multinationals are looting Yemen’s oil.
Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi said the US is destabilizing the region and looting its resources, yet it accuses Iran of destabilizing the neighborhood.
Chin’ono described the situation as “heartbreaking” citing it as a “consequence of looting” by ruling Zanu-PF party officials.
Fraser had got his start in crime during the Second World War, looting shops and homes during air raids.
Further complicating Sudan’s battlefield situation, Central Reserve Police were being deployed on the side of the army across Khartoum to “protect citizens’ properties” from looting, police said.
He added that Garda responded quickly and “were able to clamp down on that looting”.
How cyber scamsters are looting people with a new strategy According to him, Pune city was then “localised” between the Mula and Mutha rivers, and the Peth areas.
I am not suggesting that all the Greek treasures of the Getty Villa trace their provenance to looting.
In Darfur, looting, attacks and destruction have created new needs and displacement.
In the end, all this smashing, burning and looting weakens the protests.
It's safe to say that a game just wouldn't be without looting.
Khalili said: “The vandalism and looting we see is likely both a result of indiscipline and an element of psychological warfare.
Later, windows were smashed and widespread looting took place.
Looting banks and breaking Automated Teller Machine terminals will not solve the problem.
Common combinations with looting
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and looting 38×
- looting and 33×
- the looting 26×
- looting of 22×
- of looting 17×
- looting the 12×
- looting in 11×
- widespread looting 6×
- to looting 5×
- for looting 5×