looter

noun

Definition of looternext
as in robber

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Recent Examples of looter Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 23 May 2026 If the idea of a Splatoon looter-shooter appeals to you, then Splatoon Raiders should be on your radar. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 Looking for another 'looter shooter' but don't want to deal with pesky MMO elements? — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025 In some cases, the linear sections are convincing enough, but for the most part, Black Ops 7 feels like a mediocre looter shooter in structure and moment-to-moment gameplay. — Fran J. Ruiz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025 As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026 The looter’s story only came to light thanks to Bradley Gordon, an American lawyer based in Cambodia who has spent much of the last 14 years investigating the plunder of Khmer cultural heritage. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looter
  1. robber
  2. raider
  3. marauder
Noun
  • Cargo theft has been around for centuries, evident for example in the train robbers of the late 1800s, but soaring demand for AI hardware has shifted heist targets to data centers and the technology’s ever-expanding infrastructure.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • The crux of the case stems from a 2019 armed robbery at a Virginia bank and how police tracked down the robber.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 2 July 2026
Definition of robber
Noun
  • Corporate raiders became the enforcers.
    — Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of raider
Noun
  • This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 June 2026
  • No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
Definition of marauder

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