Looting
Looting noun - Plundering during riots or in wartime.
Salvage and looting are semantically related. in steal goods topic. In some cases you can use "Salvage" instead a verb "Looting".
Both words in one sentence
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The Red Dwarf episode "Emohawk: Polymorph II" featured a robotic Space Corps Enforcement Orb who had been tracking the crew and Starbug for some time on charges of looting and illegal salvage.
Source: Computerized Judicial System - The hunters salvage equipment from ruined facilities to give them an edge and Abe mentions looting some of the demolished structures for supplies.
Source: Scavenger World / Video Games -
A stealth kill will net the player bonus salvage when looting the corpse.
Source: Video Game / Rogue Trooper
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Salvage and Looting. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/looting/salvage
Looting & Salvage. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/looting/salvage>.
Salvage or Looting. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/looting/salvage.
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