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Definitions for Ransack
[1] to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.): They ransacked the house for the missing letter.
[2] to search through for plunder; pillage: The enemy ransacked the entire town.
[3] to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
[4] to plunder; pillage
Words related to Ransack
raid, seize, pillage, rob, plunder, scour, gut, loot, comb, spy, scan, poach, probe, sack, scrutinize, maraud, strip, pry, rape, overhaul
Words nearby Ransack
ranking, ranking member, rankism, rankle, rankshift, ransack, ransom, ransome, ransomware, rant, rant and rave
Origin of Ransack
1200–50; Middle English ransaken < Old Norse rannsaka to search, examine (for evidence of crime), equivalent to rann house + saka search (variant of soekja to seek)
Other words from Ransack
ran·sack·er , noun
un·ran·sacked , adjective
Word origin for Ransack
C13: from Old Norse rann house + saka to search, seek
Synonyms for Ransack
comb, gut, loot, pillage, plunder, raid, rob, scour, seize, take away, appropriate, despoil, explore, ferret, filch, hunt, investigate, lift, maraud, overhaul, peer, pilfer, pinch, poach, probe, pry, purloin, rake, rape, ravish, rifle, rummage, rustle, sack, scan, scrutinize, search, seek, sound, spoil, spy, steal, strip, thieve, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, lay waste, leave no stone unturned, look all over for, look high and low, look into, make off with, shake down