2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ransack \Ran"sack\ (r[a^]n"s[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ransacked} (-s[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Ransacking}.] [OE. ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r[ae]sn plank, beam) + the root of s[ae]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. [1913 Webster] To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. To plunder; to pillage completely. [1913 Webster] Their vow is made To ransack Troy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: ransacked adj : wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village" [syn: {looted}, {pillaged}, {plundered}]
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