| Ransack 1. (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. 2. (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage completely. 3. (v. t.) To violate; to ravish; to deflower. 4. (v. i.) To make a thorough search. 5. (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. Thesaurus Entries beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, despoil, examine, explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock off, knock over, look all over, look everywhere, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, rake, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, relieve, rifle, rob, rummage, sack, scour, scrutinize, search, search high heaven, shake, shake down, spoil, spoliate, stick up, strip, sweep, toss, turn inside out, turn upside down |