Verb: ransack 'ran,sak or ran'sak
- Search thoroughly
"They ransacked the area for the missing child";
- comb
- Steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people ransacked the stores that were deserted by their owners";
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave [archaic], strip, rifle, pillage, foray
Derived forms: ransacks, ransacking, ransacked
Encyclopedia: Ransack