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Looting vs stealing

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Latest post Fri, May 23 2008 11:41 PM by optilang. 1 replies.
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New2grammar  +  518151 Fri, 23 May 08 11:19 PM

Crowds of people went on a rampage, looting and carrying out acts of violence," said Cape Town Police Superintendent Billy Jones. They were charged with public violence and are to appear in court Monday.

Can I replace looting with stealing without change of meaning?

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optilang  +  518161 Fri, 23 May 08 11:41 PM
 looting  - taking goods/stealing from unprotected premises usually after some violence.

stealing only conveys the theft of items 

so looting seems more appropriate here 
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