Examples of 'were looted' in a sentence

Meaning of "were looted"

This phrase denotes that a place, such as a building, store, or city, was subject to theft or pillaging. It indicates that valuable or desirable items were stolen or forcibly taken, often during a chaotic or lawless situation. 'Were looted' suggests that the act of stealing was widespread and involved multiple perpetrators

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were looted
The shops were looted a long time ago.
The palace and surrounding city were looted.
The ruins were looted for building material.
The church and the library were looted.
Elazığ were looted by rebels for several days.
The armoury and explosive storehouse were looted.
Several of them were looted and devastated.
The food stores and supplies were looted.
Their homes were looted and some were burnt.
All of the paintings in the district were looted.
Hindu houses were looted and burnt.
Were looted and burned to the ground.
Gao schools were looted the most.
And later these diamonds were looted.
They were looted and attacked on the way.

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Any treasures within were looted long ago.
Shops were looted in parts of the city.
State industry and machinery were looted by functionaries.
Hospitals were looted or were completely burned down.
All shops in the town were looted.
Our synagogues were looted to send him on his crusades.
Some of the stores on the block were looted today.
Some houses were looted and burned.
All houses and shops were looted.
Sites were looted and a brisk trade in forgeries arose.
Houses and businesses were looted before being burnt.
These and the beautifully carved lintels were looted.
The iron rails were looted in the following years.
Seven people were killed and a number of stores were looted.
One thousand kroons were looted from the store.
Schools were looted and civil servants shot in their offices.
Vehicles and property were looted or vandalised.
Caravans were looted and stocks of weapons and powder were built up.
Many religious buildings were looted or destroyed.
Six schools were looted or damaged in arson attacks by armed groups.
The secrets they kept were looted.
Their homes were looted and vandalized.
The frozen chickens were looted.
Most of them were looted in ancient times.
The damaged houses were looted.
Every month we were looted for your people inefficiency.
It was also reported that some villages were looted and burnt.
The stores were looted the very first day.
Most of the graves were looted.
Churches were looted and destroyed.
At least we finally know why those eight churches were looted.
Hundreds of properties were looted and destroyed in the attacks.
A car shop was set fire and appliance shops were looted.
All palaces were looted and only four churches were spared.
All the houses were looted.

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Must be millions in looted art and antiquities
They looted the town and went on a rampage
A second lorry was looted and set on fire
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