Sekirov Dictionary

ransack

/ˈɹænsæk/

verb9

  1. To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
  2. To search (someone or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray; hence, to rob (someone or a place); to plunder.
  3. To search for and steal (something) as plunder.
  4. To search for and steal things.
  5. To search thoroughly, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  6. (figurative, no longer used) To examine (someone or something) carefully; to investigate; also, to question (someone) thoroughly; to interrogate.
  7. (no longer used) To search (someone) for a thing.
  8. (no longer used) To look for or seek out (someone).
  9. (figurative, no longer used) Synonym of penetrate (“to make way into the interior of (something); to pierce”); also, synonym of pervade (“to enter and spread through (something); to permeate”).

noun1

  1. Synonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”).
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