Looting vs Ransack - What's the difference?
looting | ransack |
The act of looting, the act of stealing during a general disturbance.
(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.
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)- 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.