Thesaurus: ransack

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1. v. t. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
2. v. t. To plunder; to pillage completely.
3. v. t. To violate; to ravish; to defiour.
4. v. i. To make a thorough search.
5. n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
6. v. steal goods; take as spoils
7. v. search thoroughly
8. 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South. 2. To plunder; to pillage completely. Their vow is made To ransack Troy. Shak. 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Spenser. To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.
9. To make a thorough search.To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer.
10. v:100 v steal goods; take as spoils v search thoroughly