The trouble began when gangs began breaking windows and looting shops. [VERB noun]

一些团伙开始破窗抢劫商店时发生了骚乱。

There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal. [VERB]

有报道说一些年轻人乘局势一片混乱之际抢劫盗窃。

The town has been plagued by armed thugs who have looted food supplies and terrorized the population. [VERB noun]

武装暴徒抢掠食物、恐吓群众，该镇居民深受其苦。

...lists of looted material ranging from tanks to office fittings. [VERB-ed]

被劫物资清单上，从油桶到办公设施都有。

Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.

罪犯盗窃大多是为了把赃物在黑市上卖掉，换取现金。