vbl. sb. [f. LOOT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. LOOT. Also attrib.
1842. Ld. Ellenborough, Lett., 17 May, in Indian Administr. (1874), 194. The plunderers are beaten whenever they are caught, but there is a good deal of burning and ‘looting’ as they call it.
1859. M. Thomson, Story of Cawnpore, iii. 48. For downright looting commend me to the hirsute Sikh.
1862. L. Oliphant, Earl Elgin’s Mission China, I. 135. I observed, in the suburb large looting parties, composed of Chinese blackguards, ransacking the houses.
