Looting

Looting was the act of taking goods by force.

History

In February 1945, Adam Wheeler was wrongfully arrested in Piccadilly on charges of looting when a policeman saw him passing a bottle of whisky around orderlies evacuating a street struck by a V2 rocket. On 8 May, VE Day, Winston Churchill raised the matter with the Secretary of State to have him released. (AUDIO: Churchill Victorious)

When dinosaurs began to appear in London, several residents stayed behind to loot. (TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs)

Following the London UFO crash in March 2006, police reinforcements were drafted in from across Britain to control widespread panic, looting and civil disturbance. (TV: Aliens of London)

After Plantagenet was taken by the Tractators, social order on Frontios began to collapse and the colonists began to loot the colony's spacecraft. (TV: Frontios)

In an alternate timeline, Varx and Piril took to looting the abandoned streets of Kiria City during the Harvest of Urbinia. They were looking for phason pods so they could go into hiding. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods)