Synonyms for ransack
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ran-sak |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræn sæk |
Top 10 synonyms for ransack Other synonyms for the word ransack
- appropriate
- despoil
- explore
- ferret
- filch
- go over with a fine-tooth comb
- go through
- hunt
- investigate
- lay waste
- leave no stone unturned
- lift
- look all over for
- look high and low
- look into
- make off with
- maraud
- overhaul
- peer
- pilfer
- pinch
- poach
- probe
- pry
- purloin
- rake
- rape
- ravish
- rifle
- rummage
- rustle
- sack
- scan
- scrutinize
- search
- seek
- shake down
- sound
- spoil
- spy
- steal
- strip
- thieve
Définition of ransack
Origin :- mid-13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rannsaka "to pillage," literally "search the house" (especially legally, for stolen goods), from rann "house," from Proto-Germanic *rasnan (c.f. Gothic razn, Old English ærn "house;" see barn) + saka "to search," related to Old Norse soekja "seek" (see seek). Sense influenced by sack (v.). Related: Ransacked; ransacking.
- verb turn inside out in search; ravage
- And my sister, who was always good-natured, carried me off to ransack her wardrobe.
- Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various
- There isn't an other one like her if you were to ransack the islands all round the compass.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- You have had the impertience to ransack it in my absence this afternoon.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Glavour will ransack the Earth rather than be cheated of one he has marked for his prey.
- Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Then the desperadoes went back and began to ransack the stores.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on the Yukon » by Ralph Victor
- To pillage; but to ransack the hold is merely to overhaul its contents.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Not lost, for I will ransack the land till I find thee again.
- Extract from : « The Prince and The Pauper, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Search for her, ransack the city, do anything; my property is at your disposal.
- Extract from : « The Leavenworth Case » by Anna Katherine Green
- But ransack as they might, not a trace of the fugitive could be found.
- Extract from : « True Stories of Girl Heroines » by Evelyn Everett-Green
- Sir Watty permitted the men to enter and ransack one of these farm-places.
- Extract from : « The Deserter, and Other Stories » by Harold Frederic
Antonyms for ransack
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