looting

English Thesaurus

1. plundering during riots or in wartime (noun.act)

hypernym	:	pillage, pillaging, plundering,
definition	:	the act of stealing valuable things from a place (noun.act)

derivation	:	despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip,
definition	:	steal goods; take as spoils (verb.possession)

derivation	:	despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip,
definition	:	steal goods; take as spoils (verb.possession)