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English Dictionary: ransacking by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ransacking
n
  1. a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"
    Synonym(s): ransacking, rummage
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ransack \Ran"sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ransacked}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Ransacking}.] [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to
      explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS.
      r[91]sn plank, beam) + the root of s[91]kja to seek, akin to
      E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf. {Rest} repose.]
      1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of;
            as, to ransack a house.
  
                     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. [Obs.]
  
                     Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.      --Spenser.
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