ransack
11ransack — UK [ˈrænsæk] / US [ˈrænˌsæk] verb [transitive] Word forms ransack : present tense I/you/we/they ransack he/she/it ransacks present participle ransacking past tense ransacked past participle ransacked to go through a place stealing or damaging… …
12ransack — ran|sack [ˈrænsæk] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: rannsaka, from rann house + saka to search ] 1.) to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage ▪ The whole flat had been ransacked. 2.) to search a place very thoroughly …
13ransack — [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and saka ‘search’ (a relative of English… …
14ransack — [[t]ræ̱nsæk[/t]] ransacks, ransacking, ransacked VERB If people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way. [V n] Demonstrators ransacked and… …
15ransack — [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and saka ‘search’ (a relative of English… …
16ransack — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann house + saka (akin to Old English sēcan to seek) more at seek Date: 13th century 1. a. to search thoroughly b. to examine closely and carefully 2. to search… …
17ransack — ransacker, n. /ran sak/, v.t. 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. [1200 50; ME …
18ransack — verb a) To loot or pillage. See also sack. Than com there an olde monke whych somtyme had bene a knyght, and behylde Sir Melyas; and anone he ransaked hym, and than he seyde unto Sir Galahad, ‘I shall heale hym of hys play, by the grace of God,… …
19ransack — Synonyms and related words: beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, despoil, examine, explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock off, knock over, look all over, look everywhere, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid,… …
20ransack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. rummage, scour, search diligently; rifle, loot, pillage. See inquiry, stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To search thoroughly] Syn. rummage, scour, comb, rake, explore, turn upside down, turn inside… …
