luTa(m): plunder, rob

Description of luTa: LuTa , an Urdu noun, refers to a widespread act of organized plunder, looting, or pillaging, often during invasions, riots, or social upheavals. Unlike sporadic theft, which targets individuals stealthily, luTa involves mass-scale, chaotic seizure of goods by crowds or armies. Differs from controlled confiscation by authorities, as it implies lawless, violent dispossession. In Urdu poetry, it evokes devastation, as in Faiz Ahmed Faiz's verses on communal carnage.