Verb

(head)

(ransack)

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.

Verb

(head)

(ravage)

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}