ransack

ran·sack  (rnsk)

tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks

1. To search or examine thoroughly.

2. To search carefully for plunder; pillage.

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[Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka : rann, house + *saka, to search, seek; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]

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ransacker n.

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ransack

Verb

1. to search through every part of (a place or thing)

2. to plunder or pillage [Old Norse rann house + saka to search]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	ransack - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" despoil, foray, pillage, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" deplume, displume - strip of honors, possessions, or attributes
	2.	ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" comb search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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ransack

verb 1. search, go through, rummage through, rake through, explore, comb, scour, forage, turn inside out, fossick Austral., N.Z.

verb 2. plunder, raid, loot, pillage, strip, sack, gut, rifle, ravage, despoil

Translations

ransack [ˈrænsæk] vt (= search) → registrar (= plunder); saquear

ransack [ˈrænsæk] vt → fouiller (à fond) (= plunder); piller

ransack [ˈrænsæk] vt (search) → durchwühlen;

(plunder) → plündern

ransack [ˈrænsæk] vt → rovistare (= plunder); saccheggiare

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ransack

v ransack [ˈrӕnsӕk, (American ) rӕnˈsӕk]

1 to search thoroughly in She ransacked the whole house for her keys.deursoekيُفَتِّش مُقَلِّبا الدُّرْجпретърсвамprohledatendevendedurchwühlenκάνω άνω κάτω, ψάχνω σχολαστικάregistrar, revolverläbi tuhnimaجستجو کردنpenkoa perin pohjinà fond fouillerלְחַפֵּש בִּיסוֹדִיוּתखोजना, छानprekopati, pretražitiátkutatmenggeledahleita vandlega írovistare inくまなく探す샅샅이 뒤지다apieškotipārmeklēt; izkratītmencari secara menyeluruhdoorzoekenendevende, ransakeprzetrząsaćrevirara răscoliобшариватьprehľadaťpreiskatipretrestisöka igenomค้นหาทุกซอกทุกมุมdidik didik aramak徹底搜索обшукувати; ритисяباریک بینی سے تلاش کرناlục soát彻底搜索

2 loot, plunder The army ransacked the conquered city.stroopيَنْهَبобирам(vy)plenithærgeplündernλεηλατώsaquearrüüstamaغارت کردنrosvotapillerלִשׁדוֹדलूटनाopljačkatikifosztmenjarahræna, fara ránshendi umsaccheggiare, depredare略奪する약탈하다apiplėšti, nusiaubtiaplaupīt; aptīrītmerampasplunderenplyndre, ransakesplądrowaćsaqueara prădaграбить(vy)plieniťoropatiopljačkatiplundraปล้นสะดมyağmalamak搶劫пограбувати; обчиститиلوٹ لیناcướp bóc抢劫