Which preposition to use with looting

from Occurrences 15%

Therefore I must warn you, in the most friendly spirit: if you succeed in making your escape from the Sybarite with the jewels, as you quite possibly may, it will be my duty as a law-abiding man to inform the police that André Duchemin is at large with his loot from the Château de Montalais.

of Occurrences 12%

All along the countless roads the German transport had pressed, hurrying to the Aisne, were evidences of the loot of German officers and men.

of Occurrences 11%

And when I opened my paper next morning, I more than half expected to be greeted with a black headline announcing the looting of the strong-room of La Bretagne.

in Occurrences 9%

It becomes more and more plainly a choice between the League of Free Nations and a famished race of men looting in search of non-existent food amidst the smouldering ruins of civilization.

to Occurrences 5%

He brings back his loot to corrupt Press and life at home.

for Occurrences 3%

Loot for the unlucky lady.

on Occurrences 3%

A weel-stoeket mailen, himsel for the laird, And marriage aff-hand, were his proffers: I never loot on that I kenned it or cared; But thought I might hae waur offers, waur offers, But thought I might hae waur offers.

on Occurrences 2%

However, in time, when most of the native troops had left Delhi, and the European regiments were quartered in walled enclosures with a guard at the gates to prevent egress, the looting on the part of the private soldiers ceased, and the prize agents were enabled to gather in the enormous wealth of the city without any trouble.

at Occurrences 2%

I got a shot at Borradaile sitting in a shelter Oldham had run up for himself; the hawk and spear were looted at Sanoghar, I think.

by Occurrences 2%

And the looting by government troops and by the auxiliaries injured the population as much as the war itself did.

by Occurrences 1%

"All my men are scattered over the city looting by this time.

beside Occurrences 1%

The regimental butcher had clung to his meat and the implements of his trade until the last; and when we found the roads littered with carcases of oxen, sacks of pea flour and sausage machines, we knew that we would shortly find the General's loot beside the hedge.

with Occurrences 1%

Mr. Jasper Tredgold, on the other hand, arrived at the conclusion that a highly respectable burglar was offering for some reason to share his loot with him.

between Occurrences 1%

But since the folk-ways commended raiding and looting between alien tribes, here was presented an alluring chance to secure both booty and glory to men trained in the "get and hold" process of acquiring.

about Occurrences 1%

I could not but feel nervous and abashed when thinking of the riches concealed about my person, at last working myself up to such a pitch of excitement that I imagined all I met were cognizant of my good fortune; and on entering the gates of the magazine, I fancied I heard one of our men say to his comrade, "Well! that fellow, at any rate, has plenty of loot about him.

in Occurrences 1%

THE BARRICADE OF THE RUE THEVENOT Georges Biscarrat was the man who had given the signal for the looting in the Rue de l'Echelle.

before Occurrences 1%

In London, in 1858, there was a great demand for gold ornaments and jewellery from Delhi, so much so that a noted goldsmith offered me the highest price for articles of that description; nor would he at firsttill convincedaccept my assurance that I had parted with all my Delhi loot before leaving India.

into Occurrences 1%

We stuffed the loot into a grip I'd brought for the purpose, and beat itslipped out through the drawing-room window one second before Madame de Montalais came back with that doddering footman of hers.

Which preposition to use with  looting