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Looting vs Ransack - What's the difference?

looting | ransack |

As verbs the difference between looting and ransack

is that looting is while ransack is (label) to loot or pillage see also sack .

As a noun looting

is the act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.

looting

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.
  • During the looting , the mob stole everything they could and then set fire to the buildings.

    Verb

    (head)
  • While looting the stores the looters took the opportunity for revenge by destroying what they didn't steal.

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    ransack

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To loot or pillage. See also sack .
  • *(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • *:Their vow is made / To ransack Troy.
  • (label) 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.
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  • *(Robert South) (1634–1716)
  • *:to ransack every corner of theirhearts
  • (label) To examine carefully; to investigate.
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  • *:Thenne came there an olde monke whiche somtyme had ben a knyghte & behelde syre Melyas / And anone he ransakyd hym / & thenne he saide vnto syr Galahad I shal hele hym of this wo?de by the grace of god within the terme of seuen wekes
  • To violate; to ravish; to deflower.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.