Definitions for ransack
ˈræn sækran·sack

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, forayverb

   steal goods; take as spoils

   "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

2. comb, ransackverb

   search thoroughly

   "They combed the area for the missing child"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ransackverb

   To loot or pillage. See also sack.

2. ransackverb

   To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.

3. ransackverb

   To examine carefully; to investigate.

4. Etymology: From ransaken, from rannsakka, from rann + saka; probably influenced by sack

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Ransackverb

   Etymology: ran , Saxon, and saka, Swedish, to search for or seize.

   1. To plunder; to pillage.

   A covetous spirit,
   Warily awaited day and night,
   From other covetous fiends it to defend,
   Who it to rob and ransack did intend. Fairy Queen.

   Their vow is made to ransack Troy. William Shakespeare.

   Men by his suggestion taught,
   Ransack’d the centre, and with impious hands
   Rifled the bowels of the earth. John Milton.

   The ransack’d city, taken by our toils,
   We left, and hither brought the golden spoils. Dryden.

   The spoils which they from ransack’d houses brought,
   And golden bowls from burning altars caught. Dryden.

   2. To search narrowly.

   I ransack the several caverns, and search into the storehouses of water, to find out where that mighty mass of water, which overflowed the earth, is bestowed. John Woodward.

   3. To violate; to deflower.

   With greedy force he ’gan the fort assail,
   Wherof he weened possessed soon to be,
   And with rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Fairy Queen.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ransack

   Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.

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1. ransack

   Ransack generally refers to the act of searching thoroughly or vigorously, often with the intent to steal or cause damage. It implies a hurried, extensive examination of a place, often leaving it in a state of disorder.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ransackverb

   to search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house

2. Ransackverb

   to plunder; to pillage completely

3. Ransackverb

   to violate; to ravish; to defiour

4. Ransackverb

   to make a thorough search

5. Ransacknoun

   the act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage

6. Etymology: [OE. ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. rsn plank, beam) + the root of skja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.]

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1. Ransack

   Ransack is the name of several fictional characters in the universe of the Transformers series. Ransack was first created in 1985 as one of the Insecticons. Since then the name was used for a variety of other Transformers characters.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ransack

   ran′sak, v.t. to search thoroughly: to plunder: to pillage.—n. eager search.—n. Ran′sacker. [Scand. rannsaka—rann, a house, sak (sækja), Eng. seek.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ransack

   To plunder; to pillage completely; to ravage; as, to ransack a city.

Matched Categories

1. • Take

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ransack in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ransack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ransack in a Sentence

1. Nicole Hannah-Jones:

   If you want to understand how does a White minority believe that the last election's illegitimate and actually ransack and lead an insurrection on the American Capitol, you have to understand the history of Black people in this country, and without that, you actually can't explain the election of Donald Trump, you can't explain what's happening in the Republican Party right now, and you can't explain the insurrection, you can't explain what happened to George Floyd – you can't explain any of that with the history that we're being taught.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ransack
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ransack
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ransack
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransack
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ransack
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ransack
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ransack
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ransack