ransacking
verb
- 1
To loot or pillage. See also sack.
- 2
To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
“to ransack a house for valuables”
- 3
To examine carefully; to investigate.
- 4
To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
noun
- 1
The act by which something is ransacked.
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