Sentence examples for wave of looters from inspiring English sources

The second wave of looters were strangers.

But what the documentary Blackout decidedly is not about -- primarily -- are the initial wave of looters who stole washing machines, cars and television sets during the first few hours after the transformers blew.

Waves of looters came in with them, staff members said.

Over the years, waves of looters depleted much of the great storehouse of treasures.

United Nations officials said that several waves of looters had pillaged Abyei and that there was even a market in town now for looted goods.

Known as shabiha, they often make up the first wave of raiders and looters after bombardments by the army have subsided.But though the regime's forces can take back territory at will, victories against the rebels tend to be short-lived.

A number of looters complained about large corporations.

I had heard reports of police shooting thieves and of looters killed by vigilantes.

The next morning, the street leading to the Al Wiya Hospital in central Baghdad was full of looters.

On the last night of the archeological season, a team of looters appeared in the Buried.

People tend to be reluctant to leave their homes or businesses in times of emergency, for fear of looters.