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ransack

ransack (third-person singular simple present ransacks, present participle ransacking, simple past and past participle ransacked)

1. (transitive) To loot or pillage. See also sack.
2. (transitive) 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. (archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:

     Than com there an olde monke whych somtyme had bene a knyght, and behylde Sir Melyas; and anone he ransaked hym, and than he seyde unto Sir Galahad, ‘I shall heale hym of hys play, by the grace of God, within the terme of seven wykes.’

Definizione dizionario ransack

	rapinare
	to loot or pillage

	saccheggiare
	to loot or pillage

frugare

perquisire

rovistare

svaligiare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To loot or pillage. '''See also''' sack .

(archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.

ransack (a drawer)

to make a thorough search or examination for plunder

(transitive) 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.