The Clue
Pelf (4 letter answer)
The Answer
LOOT
Tags
Notes
The answer LOOT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Boodle
Booty
Burglarize
Lucre
Pillage
Plunder
Ransack
Sack
Spoils
Swag
Burglar's boodle
Gelt; moola
Heister's haul
Hot items
Hot stuff
Illicit gains
Rioter's haul
Rioter's take
Stolen goods
Stolen money
Yegg's take
Ill-gotten goods
1966 Joe Orton play
It may be hidden at a hideout
Definition
LOOT as a noun:
1. (loot, booty, pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money) = goods or money obtained illegally
2. (boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum) = informal terms for money
LOOT as a verb:
1. (loot, plunder) = take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"
2. (plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray) = steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"