ransack
21ransack — ran|sack [ ræn,sæk ] verb transitive to go through a place stealing or damaging things: He returned to find that someone had ransacked his office …
22ransack — v. a. Ps. vii. 10; lxiii. 7. ON. ransaka …
23ransack — ran·sack || rænsæk v. search for items to steal, look for something to pilfer; look for, seek, search for …
24ransack — verb 1》 go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage. 2》 search thoroughly or destructively. Derivatives ransacker noun Origin ME: from ON rannsaka, from rann house + a second element related to sœkja seek …
25ransack — v. a. 1. Plunder, pillage, sack, ravage, rifle, strip. 2. Explore, rummage, search thoroughly …
26ransack — verb (T) 1 to search a place very thoroughly: She s ransacking the desk drawers for old family photos. 2 to go through a place stealing things and causing damage: Houses were wrecked and ransacked by wandering gangs of soldiers …
27ransack — verb Joonie s thugs ransacked Leon s apartment Syn: plunder, pillage, raid, rob, loot, sack, strip, despoil; ravage, devastate, turn upside down; scour, rifle, comb, search …
28ransack — v 1. search, rummage, rake through, probe, Brit. Dial. ripe, look everywhere in; look high and low, turn everything upside down or inside out, leave no stone unturned; explore, seek everywhere, look all over, scour, range over, scan, survey;… …
29ransack — ran·sack …
30ransack — [ˈrænˌsæk] verb [T] to go through a place stealing or damaging things …