looting


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Synonyms for looting

plundering during riots or in wartime

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The CTD officer further said during initial investigation, the arrested suspects confessed to looting several citizens while withdrawing money from ATM machines under the supervision of the gang member Raheem.
Sources have also revealed that he was involved in looting various citizens from across the country.
Theft and looting is an integral part of the process of genocide, said Vernay, whose mother lost half her family at the Auschwitz death camp.
Charles Dokubo, has inaugurated a special Investigation panel to investigate the looting of Kaima Vocational Training Centre.
The Darbhanga MP, who joined Congress on February 18 in the presence of party chief Rahul Gandhi, made the remarks on the looting of polling booths the next day.
Looting these locations can offer good loot, but be wary of other players doing the same.
'The PM's complaint was that the apex court and the NAB, by instituting cases against the ruling family, have actually breached their privileged right of looting the national exchequer,' the former information minister and senator said.
LAHORE: Armed robbers gunned down a trader upon resistance and fled with the looted bounty here in the provincial capitalon Wednesday.Police said that armed robbers barged into the residence of a trader Shehzad Bashir, located in Manga Mandi area ofLahoreand started looting valuables.
ISLAMABAD -- The Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad police arrested two persons for their involvement in looting valuables from houses after getting work as servants there, police said on Monday.
NOWSHERA -- Resident of Nizampur Javed Iqbal claimed that group of fake people were looting the public on the name of fake NGO for the development works in the area.
Critique: Informed and informative, "The Looting of Social Security" should be considered a 'must read' by anyone concerned with the economic welfare of the country, the veracity of the government, and their own future as Social Security recipients.
The parliamentary committee for rule of law, order and fight against crime on April 22 sent the draft law suggesting up to 10 years in prison for looting for rework.
After looting the Gaisano Mall in Tacloban City on Saturday at the height of super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) battering central Philippines, residents are now filching fuel from a gasoline station in the city, ABS-CBN reported.
Join us for thought-provoking discussions and dialogue on the looting of museums and archaeological sites in Iraq and around the world, particularly in times of conflict.
Everywhere there is theft and looting. Thousands have lost their homes, businesses and everything they have worked for.