ransack

ransack
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. rummage, scour, search diligently; rifle, loot, pillage. See inquiry, stealing.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To search thoroughly]
Syn. rummage, scour, comb, rake, explore, turn upside down, turn inside out, look all over, look high and low, leave no stone unturned, seek everywhere, ferret out, nose out, hunt out, overhaul, sound, spy, peer, look around, pry, scan, probe, look into, investigate, scrutinize; see also hunt 2 , search .
2. [To loot]
Syn. pillage, plunder, strip, despoil, rifle, forage, maraud, raid, sack, burglarize, burgle, spoil, poach, gut, rustle, thieve, ravage, lay waste, pilfer, rob; see also raid , rob , steal .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
search, *tear place apart, *turn inside out, rummage, look over, rifle, *leave no stone unturned, overhaul, scour, plunder, pillage, rob.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make a thorough search of: comb, forage, rummage, scour2. Slang: shake down. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look (or search) high and low, look (or search) up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See INVESTIGATE. 2. To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, rape, ravage, sack2, spoliate, strip1. Archaic: harrow, spoil. See CRIMES, GIVE.

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