lootieEtymologyFrom a derivation of Hindi लूटना (lūṭnā, “to loot”).lootie means an irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounAn irregular soldier whose main object was plunder; a marauder.“Hyder Ali's stragglers, or looties as they were called, committed such repeated depradations upon all the European habitations, even to the edge of the works of the fort, that the proprietors removed everything valuable […] .”