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  • poach — I verb appropriate, carry off, filch, furtim feras intercipere, make off with, misappropriate, peculate, pilfer, pirate, plunder by stealth, purloin, rifle, run off with, snatch, steal, take by illegal methods, take by unfair methods, take… …   Law dictionary

  • poach — I. v. a. 1. Cook slightly (as eggs). 2. Steal, filch, purloin, pilfer, plunder by stealth. II. v. n. Steal game …   New dictionary of synonyms

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  • loot — loot1 looter, n. /looht/, n. 1. spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war. 2. anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar s loot. 3. a collection of valued objects: The children shouted and laughed as they opened their… …   Universalium

  • loot — [[t]lut[/t]] n. 1) spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war 2) anything taken by dishonesty, force, stealth, etc.: a burglar s loot[/ex] 3) a collection of gifts or purchases 4) sts Slang. money 5) the act of looting 6) to carry off or… …   From formal English to slang

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  • 272 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeeleucid Empire* The Seleucid king Antiochus I Soter is defeated by Egypt s Ptolemy II during the First Syrian War. Ptolemy II annexes Miletus, Phoenicia and western Cilicia from Antiochus. As a result, Ptolemy II extends… …   Wikipedia

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