ransack

1. v. t. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. Source: opted

2. v. t. To plunder; to pillage completely. Source: opted

3. v. t. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. Source: opted

4. v. i. To make a thorough search. Source: opted

5. n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. Source: opted

6. v. steal goods; take as spoils Source: wordnet

7. v. search thoroughly Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

9. To make a thorough search.To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer. Source: adambom

10. v:100 v steal goods; take as spoils v search thoroughly Source: ecdict

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