Looting vs theft

[Alice Faber]

mark worden wrote:
>When is looting not theft?
>
>Several news stories have stated that the antiquities taken from the
>Iraq museum was most likel a "well-executed theft."
>
>

Well, I'd say all looting is theft but not all theft is looting.
Looting, to me,carries a connotation of being opportunistic rather
than planned.

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