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looting

indiscriminate taking of goods by force
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looting

Summary

looting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,068 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • looting is a type of capture[2].
  • looting is a type of theft[3].
  • looting's Commons category is recorded as Looting[4].
  • looting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Looting[5].
  • looting's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • looting's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[7].
  • looting's practiced by is recorded as looter[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include capture[2] and theft[3].

Why It Matters

looting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,068 views/month).[1] looting has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] looting is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → looter
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Local thumb → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548685305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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