Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Loot \Loot\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Looted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Looting}.]
   To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully
   obtained by war.

         Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.
                                                  --L.O?phant.

Source : WordNet®

looting
     n : plundering during riots or in wartime [syn: {robbery}]