ransack
Synonym of ransackingSynonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”).
» Some kids broke into Tom's house and ransacked it.
Якісь хлопці вломилися до будинку Тома та пограбували його. — deniko
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1 sensesSynonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”).
Examples
23 sentencesSome kids broke into Tom's house and ransacked it.
Якісь хлопці вломилися до будинку Тома та пограбували його. — deniko
They ransacked our bedroom.
Someone has ransacked the place.
Somebody has ransacked my room.
Tom's office has been ransacked.
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English ransaken (“to examine, investigate; to rob, plundeThe verb is derived from Middle English ransaken (“to examine, investigate; to rob, plunder, steal; to search, seek; to treat roughly, mistreat”), from Old Norse rannsaka (“to search a house (especially for stolen goods)”), from rann (“house”) (from Proto-Germanic *razną (“dwelling, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”)) + saka, an ablaut variant of sœkja, sǿkja (“to look for, search, seek”) (from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to look for, seek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to follow; to seek out, trace”)).
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