Category:Ransack

Ran"sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] Etym: [oe. ransaken, icel, rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to goth. razn house, as. ræsn plank, beam) + the root of sækja 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.

Ransack Ran"sack, v. i.

Defn: to make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer.

Ransack Ran"sack, n.

Defn: the act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [r.] Even your father's house shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.