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ran·sack
(răn′săk′)tr.v. ran·sacked, ran·sack·ing, ran·sacks
1. To search through (something) thoroughly and often roughly: ransacked the drawer looking for my keys.
2. To go through (a place) stealing valuables and causing disarray; pillage: ransacked the village.
[Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka : rann, house + *saka, to search, seek; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
ran′sack′er n.
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ransack
(ˈrænsæk)vb (tr)
1. to search through every part of (a house, box, etc); examine thoroughly
2. to plunder; pillage
[C13: from Old Norse rann house + saka to search, seek]
ˈransacker n
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ran•sack
(ˈræn sæk)v.t.
1. to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
2. to search through for plunder; pillage.
[1200–50; Middle English ransaken < Old Norse rannsaka to search, examine (for evidence of crime) =rann house + saka search (variant of soekja to seek)]
ran′sack•er, n.
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Past participle: ransacked
Gerund: ransacking
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Verb | 1. | ransack - steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" take - take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
2. | ransack - search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys" |
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ransack
verb
1. search, go through, rummage through, rake through, explore, comb, scour, forage, turn inside out, fossick (Austral. & N.Z.) Why should they be allowed to ransack your bag?
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ransack
verb1. To make a thorough search of:
Slang: shake down.
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Translations
يُفَتِّش مُقَلِّبا الدُّرْجيَنْهَب
plenitprohledat
endevendehærge
kolutapenkoarosvotaryöstää
leita vandlega íræna, fara ránshendi um
aplaupītaptīrītizkratītpārmeklēt
didik didik aramakyağmalamak
ransack
[ˈrænsæk] VT1. (= search) → registrar de arriba abajo
they ransacked the house for arms → registraron la casa de arriba abajo buscando armas
they ransacked the house for arms → registraron la casa de arriba abajo buscando armas
2. (= pillage) → saquear; [+ house, shop] → desvalijar
the place had been ransacked → el lugar había sido saqueado
the place had been ransacked → el lugar había sido saqueado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ransack
[ˈrænsæk] vt (= turn upside down) [+ building, office, house, drawer] → saccager
(= plunder) [+ city, store, house] → saccager
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
ransack
vt (= search) room, cupboards → durchwühlen; (= pillage) house → plündern; town, region → herfallen über (+acc)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ransack
(ˈrӕnsӕk) , ((American) rӕnˈsӕk) verb1. to search thoroughly in. She ransacked the whole house for her keys.
2. loot, plunder. The army ransacked the conquered city.
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