Cuomo, New York's governor-elect, decried what he called looting and said the "cruel twist". From Wordnik.com. [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference
China has accused the Dalai Lama of inciting the riots, which it describes as looting by a small group of Tibetan separatists. From Wordnik.com. [Beijing Asserts Terror Plots] Reference
It wouldn't be the first crisis in which people resorted to what we call looting, but they are just trying find some food and water. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference
A pragmatist could tell her that looting is not unreasonable. From Wordnik.com. [Join the Party: Why You Should Celebrate Rand’s 100th, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The looting is just beginning. From Wordnik.com. [Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: The looting is just beginning] Reference
It fact, it reinforces the fact that they are the enemy - looting is a conscious, rational, decision. From Wordnik.com. [Join the Party: Why You Should Celebrate Rand’s 100th, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Have been long against the overbenefited govt. employee and univ staffs pensions in looting the various treasuries. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Policy Issues, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
(The American indifference to postwar looting is still, two years later, the biggest unexplained failure of Iraq policy.). From Wordnik.com. [Getting Out Right] Reference
I really think the word looting should be eliminated from disaster coverage, it's just a word that gets people all excited. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Some Iraqis believe that the looting is deliberate sabotage by people still loyal to the Baath Party rule of Saddam Hussein. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Iraq's oil industry in shambles] Reference
MASS looting REPORTED, SECURITY SHORTAGE CITED: The looting is out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Katrina] Reference
That is the -- that the looting is a very disturbing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2003] Reference
That, is called looting, and it is morally reprehensible. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
The looting was a symbol that we weren't in control of Baghdad. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2006] Reference
For my mind, it is -- the looting is a function of pent-up poverty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 11, 2003] Reference
John Martin described as looting but there was no widespread spike in crime. From Wordnik.com. [Macleans.ca] Reference
John Martin described as looting, but there was no widespread spike in crime. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Headlines - ABC 7 News] Reference
“I would hardly call it looting when this was their station to begin with.”. From Wordnik.com. [DARK VICTORY] Reference
And we're all worried, especially when I see the looting, which is kind of normal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2003] Reference
"In other countries this would be called looting, here it is called the PPP," he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
You know, what some people are calling looting, I think many of us might call survival. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2005] Reference
In retrospect the looting was the most significant act of the first six months after the war. From Wordnik.com. [Why Iraq Has No Army] Reference
We didn’t really succeed in looting the town, but we got SOME stuff, and my group lost nobody. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Wars 2010 wrap up « Third Point of Singularity] Reference
He is willfully ordaining an unsustainable culture in Washington that can only be called the looting of America. From Wordnik.com. [Dakota Voice] Reference
My parents and I were certainly glad that the creditors didn’t succeed in looting the Eastern Airlines pensions. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » San Francisco Program on Anna Nicole Smith Case:] Reference
"Then a patrol arrived and all the men -- all those who were not looting, that is -- were arrested, and I among them.". From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
“Then a patrol arrived and all the men — all those who were not looting, that is — were arrested, and I among them.”. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
But at places like this decimated marina, where the National Guard is now standing by to stop looting, that is little comfort. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 7, 2004] Reference
Police say there have been at least 16 accounts of looting, which is why Wilbert Victor rode out the storm inside his shoe repair shop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2005] Reference
A. Zarkov says: rpt: My parents and I were certainly glad that the creditors didn’t succeed in looting the Eastern Airlines pensions. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » San Francisco Program on Anna Nicole Smith Case:] Reference
Canada should compensate South Africa for "looting" doctors. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Of course, we now know the "looting" stories were exaggerated. From Wordnik.com. [Daimnation!: Iraq's oil industry in shambles] Reference
BLITZER: Couldn't that have been prevented, that kind of looting?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2003] Reference
Judge upholds government takeover of Lincoln Savings, citing 'looting'. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Defiant Zelaya heads for Honduras] Reference
He passed on his way after "looting" the palace in which he had been lodged. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
Hadn't major news outlets broken the story of "looting" occurring more than a week ago?. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Looters] Reference
Bravo for what Honore just said, "talking about what people are calling looting in Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2010] Reference
There's another expression that shouldn't be thrown around carelessly, which is "looting". From Wordnik.com. [Crossover Dreams: Haitian writer Dany Laferrière: "What saved this city is the energy of the poorest people"] Reference
They've had a lot of police in the area to try to stop any kind of looting, that kind of thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2008] Reference
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