noun plundering during riots or in wartime.
— synonyms: robbery
Examples
“1833 "Gunganarian, the leader of the Chooars, continues his system of looting and murder", The asiatic Journal and monthly register for British India and its Dependencies Black, Parbury & Allen, p. 66.”
“to loot a temple for valuables”
“During the looting, the mob stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings.”