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Pronunciation : Ran"sack
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. ransaken, Icel, rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. r?sn plank, beam) + the root of s?kja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.]
Definition : 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South.

2. To plunder; to pillage completely. Their vow is made To ransack Troy. Shak.

3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.] Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Spenser.

t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ran"sack
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ran"sack
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913