English language
Toggle Transcript
Examples of ransacking
ransacking
Instead of ransacking the empty hive, other bees would avoid it like the plague.
From the economist.com
He ventured out at around 11pm and found more than 20 youths ransacking the shop.
From the independent.co.uk
That has done little to deter the ransacking of establishments and warehouses.
From the time.com
The robbers left after about 20 minutes after ransacking the father's bedroom.
From the post-gazette.com
Great art has felt the lick of flames before, but often by ransacking or accident.
From the economist.com
There are no known fortifications, nor is there proof of ransacking and pillaging.
From the guardian.co.uk
The stallholders here are used to designers ransacking their wares for inspiration.
From the independent.co.uk
Several marine enlisted men simply entered a house and started ransacking it.
From the time.com
The intruders terrorized the group, ordering people around and ransacking the house.
From the stltoday.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
