Looting is the stealing itself — the act, not the person. When people smash shop windows after a disaster and carry out food, TVs, or anything left behind, that is looting.

Looting is the stealing itselfLooting 指的是偷竊這個行為本身——the act, not the person是那個動作，不是那個人。 When people smash shop windows after a disaster當人們在災難之後打破店家的櫥窗 and carry out food, TVs, or anything left behind搬走食物、電視，或任何被留下的東西， that is looting那就是 looting。

News and law use the word. It can sit as a noun (there was looting in the streets) or as the -ing form of the verb (they were looting the stores).

News and law use the word新聞和法律都會用這個字。 It can sit as a noun (there was looting in the streets)它可以當名詞（there was looting in the streets，街上發生了 looting） or as the -ing form of the verb (they were looting the stores)也可以當動詞的 -ing 形式（they were looting the stores，他們正在洗劫商店）。

Same dark picture as loot and looter: not everyday shoplifting, and not a planned burglary, but taking things because order has broken down — war, riot, flood, a city with the lights out. People stretch it a little in games ("looting a chest"), but in the newspaper it is never a game.

Same dark picture as loot and looter跟 loot 和 looter 一樣，是同一種陰暗的畫面：not everyday shoplifting, and not a planned burglary不是一般的順手牽羊，也不是有計畫的闖空門， but taking things because order has broken down而是因為秩序已經崩壞才拿走東西——war, riot, flood, a city with the lights out像是戰爭、暴動、水災，或一個停電的城市。 People stretch it a little in games ("looting a chest")人們在遊戲裡會把這個字用得比較鬆（像「looting a chest」，開寶箱）， but in the newspaper it is never a game但在報紙上，它從來就不是遊戲。