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Definitions for Ransacking
[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 Ransacking
ransackraid, seize, pillage, rob, plunder, scour, gut, loot, comb, spy, scan, poach, probe, sack, scrutinize, maraud, strip, pry, rape, overhaul
Words nearby Ransacking
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Origin of Ransacking
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 Ransacking
ran·sack·er , noun
un·ran·sacked , adjective
Word origin for Ransacking
C13: from Old Norse rann house + saka to search, seek
Synonyms for Ransacking
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