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ransacking

  • 1 saqueo

    m.
    1 sacking.
    2 loot, sack, pillage, plundering.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: saquear.
    * * *
    1 (de ciudades) sacking, plundering; (de casa, comercio) looting
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Mil) sacking
    2) (=robo) looting, plundering, pillaging
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.
    Ex. This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.
    Ex. Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex. These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex. Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex. The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex. He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
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    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.
    * * *
    masculino ( de pueblo) sacking, plundering; ( de tienda) looting
    * * *
    = looting, sacking, rampage, depredation, plundering, plunder.

    Ex: This article gives a brief personal account of the destruction and looting of library and information facilities in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion = Este artículo presenta un relato personal breve de la destrucción y el saqueo de las bibliotecas y centros de información de Kuwait durante la invasión iraquí.

    Ex: Lascaris became an exile in Italy following the sacking of Constantinople in 1453.
    Ex: These nocturnal rampages by gangs of werewolves included chasing women, eating prodigiously, being splattered with mud, and caterwauling generally.
    Ex: Libraries and archives are the subject of increasing depredations by thieves and vandals.
    Ex: The focus of the study was the plundering of Jewish gold in the German death camps.
    Ex: He established Samarkand as his imperial capital in the 1360s and set about aggrandising it with plunder from his conquests.
    * saqueo de tumbas = grave robbing, body-snatching.

    * * *
    (de un pueblo) sacking, plundering; (de una tienda) looting
    * * *

    Del verbo saquear: ( conjugate saquear)

    saqueo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    saqueó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    saquear    
    saqueo
    saquear ( conjugate saquear) verbo transitivociudad/población to sack, plunder;
    tienda/establecimiento to loot
    saquear verbo transitivo
    1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
    2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
    saqueo sustantivo masculino
    1 Hist (de una localidad) plundering, sacking
    2 fig (en una tienda, una casa) looting, ransacking
    ' saqueo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    saco
    English:
    pillage
    - plunder
    - sacking
    - looting
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    1. [de ciudad] sacking
    2. [de tienda] looting;
    Fam [de nevera, armario] raiding
    * * *
    saqueo nm
    depredación: sacking, plunder, looting

    Spanish-English dictionary > saqueo

  • 2 desvalijamiento

    m.
    1 burglary.
    2 robbing, looting, robbery, theft.
    * * *
    1 theft, robbery
    * * *
    SM robbing, robbery
    * * *
    ransacking
    * * *
    [de casa, persona, tienda] robbery; [de banco] raid, robbery

    Spanish-English dictionary > desvalijamiento

См. также в других словарях:

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  • ransacking — sb. Ps. lxiii. 7 …   Oldest English Words

  • ransacking — ran·sack || rænsæk v. search for items to steal, look for something to pilfer; look for, seek, search for …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ransacking — noun a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn t find his skis • Syn: ↑rummage • Derivationally related forms: ↑rummage (for: ↑rummage), ↑ransack …   Useful english dictionary

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  • rob — vb Rob, plunder, rifle, loot, burglarize are comparable when they mean to take unlawfully possessions of a person or from a place. All in this basic use imply both an owner of and value inherent in the thing taken. In its basic and legal use rob… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Digging — Dig ging, n. 1. The act or the place of digging or excavating. Syn: excavation, dig. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. Places where ore is dug; especially, certain localities in California, Australia, and elsewhere, at which gold is obtained. [Recent] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. L. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Looted — 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. [1913 Webster] Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses. L. Oliphant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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