Looting

thumb|The plundering of the Frankfurter Judengasse, 22 August 1614

items captured during battle used to commemorate military victories

thumb|Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops ([[Horace Vernet, 1831)]]

act of uncovering a tomb or crypt to steal artifacts or personal effects

art looted, stolen, plundered, seized

unauthorised archaeological digging

theft of items for the scrap value of their constituent metals

1797 First French Empire's seizure of art objects from conquered territory