loot
n.valuable things that are stolen or taken by force, especially during a war or a crime. In video games, it refers to the items you find or win after a battle.
n.goods or valuables taken from an enemy in war or stolen by thieves. Often used in gaming contexts to refer to rewards or equipment collected by a player.
“The thieves escaped with a bag full of loot.”
“After defeating the final boss, the players gathered to divide the rare loot they had earned.”
“Historians are still debating the ethics of displaying ancient loot in national museums when the items were originally seized during colonial expeditions.”
Typically uncountable when referring to the general concept of stolen goods; occasionally used as a verb meaning to steal during a riot or war.
Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.
Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch lōta, from Old Frankish lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”). Related to lade and ladle, and cognate with Dutch loet, Scots lute or luyt (“scoop”), West Frisian loete or lete, Middle Low German lōte (“rake”), and French louche (“ladle”).
Clipping.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.