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as in looting

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verb

present participle of pillage

as in plundering

to search through with the intent of committing robbery soldiers pillaging the countryside for anything of value

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Prior to these robbery convictions, Portades was convicted of robbery as a minor, as well as drug and weapons charges as an adult.

Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
Moore’s lawyers said his original attorneys did not analyze the crime scene carefully and left unchallenged prosecutors’ contention that Moore, who came into the store unarmed, fired at a customer and that his intention from the start was a robbery.

Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024

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