Ransack

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make a thorough search.

II. Ransack ·vt To Plunder; to pillage completely.

III. Ransack ·noun The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.

IV. Ransack ·vt To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

V. Ransack ·vt To Violate; to Ravish; to Defiour.

Related Words

  • ransack, to

    To pillage; but to ransack the hold is merely to overhaul its contents. ...

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