v. t. | 1. | To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; |
2. | To plunder; to pillage completely. | |
3. | To violate; to ravish; to defiour. | |
v. i. | 1. | To make a thorough search. |
n. | 1. | The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. |
Verb | 1. | ransack - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" |
2. | ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" Synonyms: comb |