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Definition of ransacking : of Ransack

Synonyms:

rummage

ruining, spoiling, damaging, despoiling, ravaging, depredating, rending, pillaging, laying waste, wasting, marring, wreaking havoc, wrecking, vandalizing

Usage examples:

• For they were the most harassed by the war, Cleomenes continually plundering and ransacking their country. - "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.
• From the customhouse came fabulous tales of millionaires ransacking the world. - "The Harbor", Ernest Poole.
• He had financed her as a star, ransacking Europe for her stage properties, and then he fell in love with her. - "The Breaking Point", Mary Roberts Rinehart.