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Examples of ransack
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In other parts of the country, Muslim vigilantes sometimes ransack bars and brothels.
From the economist.com
An appeal to colleagues to ransack their own attics yielded even more.
From the independent.co.uk
Two burglars broke into a Florida home and started to ransack the place.
From the techcrunch.com
Ransack and Crumplezone were contacted by Megatron and were told to keep on eye on things.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They ransack a packed refrigerator and scrounge crumbs from an empty one.
From the kentucky.com
But Islamic vigilantes openly ransack bars and brothels around the country from time to time.
From the economist.com
They ransack everything from 1960s handclaps to 1950s-style twangs.
From the guardian.co.uk
She'd had to ransack four years'worth of files to find the essay.
From the theatlantic.com
Evans needed 32 carries to ransack the Terps and create a season's worth of memories on one night.
From the washingtontimes.com
- Plunder: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
- Comb: search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
- (ransacked) looted: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village"
- (ransacking) a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
- Ransack is the name of several fictional characters in the universe of the Transformers toyline.
- 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 examine carefully; to investigate
- To search thoroughly or vigorously, especially for booty or spoils, loot or PLUNDER; to PILLAGE, being derived from "seek" or "examine", but obscurely akin to 'ramshackle'. See FORAGE, COMMANDEER, SPOILS OF WAR, HAVOC, ROMAN HOLIDAY.
- To cause a chest to generate less loot by using it often.
- Done by a Viking chief. - Joseph Leff
