ransacking

IPA: rˈænsækɪŋ

Examples of "ransacking" in Sentences

This ransacking caused the loss of a myriad of irreplaceable artifacts.
I left my mother ransacking her drawers and burrowed back under the covers.
Willoughby considered them a bunch of academic pinheads ransacking libraries for worthless information.
Central Manchester and Salford saw serious looting and disorder as gangs waged running battles with police, ransacking dozens of shops.
New York Post that the ransacking was a "huge, huge publicity stunt" -- and that someone was trying to "frame" Hailey for their dirty work. ...
Another soldier, recalling ransacking Palestinian homes, said: "The entire contents of the house flew out the windows: refrigerator, plates, furniture."
When another group finished ransacking a pawnbroker's and started cleaning out a local fashion boutique, an angry young black woman berated one of them.
Mr. Assad's speech follows reports of Syrian troops ransacking a border village that had provided help to thousands of people fleeing a military crackdown on anti-government dissent.
On the one hand, they reject any relationship, but on the other hand they live this relationship as a cultural "ransacking," which is simply a hideous copy of a possible dialogue among cultures and religions.