•  1.  V-T/V-I If people loot, or loot stores or houses, they steal things from them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 抢劫 (商店或房屋)

  例：

  The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops.

  骚乱起始时，歹徒们就开始砸橱窗、抢商店。

• 2.N-UNCOUNT 抢劫 looting

  例：

  In the country's largest cities there has been rioting and looting.

  在这个国家的大城市里一直都有暴乱和抢劫事件发生。

• 3.V-T If someone loots things, they steal them, for example, during a war or riot. (战争或暴乱时) 掠夺

  例：

  The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population.

  小镇一直受到武装暴徒的侵扰，他们掠夺食物，恐吓民众。

pillage /ˈpɪlɪdʒ/  (pillaging,pillaged,pillages)

• 1.V-T If a group of people pillage a place, they steal property from it using violent methods. 掠夺

  例：

  Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.

  士兵狂暴地掠夺商店，不停地扫射。

• 2.N-UNCOUNT Pillage is also a noun. 掠夺

  例：

  There were no signs of violence or pillage.

  没有暴力和掠夺的迹象。

• 3.N-UNCOUNT pillaging

  例：

  ...pillaging by people looking for something to eat.

  ...被觅食的人一扫而空。

rob /rɒb/  CET4 TEM4 (robbing,robbed,robs)

• 1.V-T If someone is robbed, they have money or property stolen from them. 盗窃; 抢劫

  例：

  Mrs. Yacoub was robbed of her designer watch at her Westchester home.

  雅各布夫人的名牌手表在她威斯特切斯特的家中被人盗走了。

• 2.V-T If someone is robbed of something that they deserve, have, or need, it is taken away from them. 抢走

  例：

  When Miles Davis died jazz was robbed of its most distinctive voice.

  当迈尔斯•戴维斯去世时，爵士乐里最具特色的声音也被夺走了。

plunder /ˈplʌndə/  CET6+ TEM4 (plundering,plundered,plunders)

• 1.V-T If someone plunders a place or plunders things from a place, they steal things from it. 掠夺

  例：

  He plundered the palaces and ransacked the treasuries.

  他洗劫了各个宫殿，将那些财宝掠夺一空。

  She faces charges of helping to plunder her country's treasury of billions of dollars.

  她面临协从窃取国库中数十亿美元的指控。

• 2.N-UNCOUNT Plunder is also a noun. 掠夺

  例：

  ...a guerrilla group infamous for torture and plunder.

  …一支以酷刑和掠夺而臭名昭著的游击队。