ransack
IPA: rˈænsæk
noun
- Eager search.
verb
- (transitive) To loot or pillage. See also sack.
- (transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
- (archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.
- To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
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Examples of "ransack" in Sentences
- Robbers ransack the house.
- The castle has been ransacked.
- Thieves ransack charity warehouse.
- High spirited women ransack liquor shop.
- Murder victim's family ransack girl's house.
- The soldiers ransack the house and burn it to the ground.
- Burglars ransack the woman's apartment on Northwest Side.
- Burglars impersonate police and ransack elderly couple's home.
- In 910 the Hungarians ransacked and burnt the church and abbey.
- This ransacking caused the loss of a myriad of irreplaceable artifacts.