English-French translations for looting

• pillage
  Des cas de pillage et de violence continuent d'être signalés. Looting and violence are still being reported.
  Nous regrettons que les manifestations qui ont eu lieu en Estonie se soient transformées en pillages et en émeutes. We regret that the demonstrations that took place in Estonia turned into looting and riots.
  Nous sommes préoccupés en raison des nouvelles qui nous parviennent de nombreuses personnes tuées ou blessées, de pillages, d'incendies. We are concerned about the reports of many people killed and wounded, of looting and burning.

Definition of looting

• The act of stealing during a general disturbance

Examples

• During the looting, the mob stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings
• While looting the stores the looters took the opportunity for revenge by destroying what they didnt steal.

Related words

• loot
• galoot
• looter
• lallapalootza
• lootable
• unlooted
• gloot
• lootsman
• exchange (spoils or loot)