About The Word Ransack
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Ransack
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What's The Definition Of Ransack?
[v] search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
[v] steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ransack: comb | despoil | foray | loot | pillage | plunder | reave | rifle | strip Related Terms | Find terms related to Ransack: See Also | deplume | displume | search | take Ransack In Webster's Dictionary \Ran"sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ransacked}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ransacking}.] [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to
explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS.
r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the root of s[ae]kja to seek, akin to
E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf. {Rest} repose.]
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.
\Ran"sack\, v. i. To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. --Chaucer. \Ran"sack\, n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. --J. Webster. |
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