Ransack

v. t.	1.	To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked (-săkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] 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. Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. - Spenser.
v. i.	1.	To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. - Chaucer.
n.	1.	The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. Even your father's house Shall not be free from ransack. - J. Webster.

Verb	1.	ransack - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" Synonyms: despoil, foray, pillage, reave, rifle, loot, plunder, strip
	2.	ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" Synonyms: comb

beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, examine, explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock off, knock over, look all over, look everywhere, maraud, prey on, raid, rake, ravage, raven, reive, relieve, rifle, rob, sack, scour, scrutinize, search, search high heaven, shake, shake down, spoil, spoliate, stick up, strip, sweep, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down

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