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• How do the dog-hearted get through the day when they're not ransacking graves?2014, Marina Carr, The Cordelia Dream. From the entry dog-hearted
• The robbers ransacked the place, pulling out drawers and opening closets.1934 February 17, “Gunmen Loot Bori's Suite of $2,000 Gems, Bind 3 Hotel Employes; Opera Singer Away”, in The New York Times, New York…. From the entry pull out
• Ransacking the drawers of the dresser he came upon a discarded, tiny, ragged handkerchief.1906 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “The Furnished Room”, in The Four Million, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips &…. From the entry heliotrope
• You’re trying to get a date, not ransack my castle. (Is that even what happens in the game?2012, Anna Goldfarb, Clearly, I Didn’t Think This Through: The Story of One Tall Girl’s Impulsive, Ill-Conceived, and Borderline…. From the entry World of Warcrafter
• As if it were an everyday occurrence to find a baggie of pills in a ransacked storeroom with a knifed owner next door.2021, Tracey Drew, Knitted and Knifed: (A Humorous & Heart-warming Cozy Mystery), Icon Publishing Limited, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry knifed
• I have ransacked official records, reports of trials, and much other documentary evidence without being able to discover a single case of walking the plank.1953, Patrick Pringle, “On the Account”, in Jolly Roger: The Story of the Great Age of Piracy, Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications…. From the entry walk the plank
• After the gangrapes, the police usually ransack the houses and set the affected villages on fire, physically preventing the victims from salvaging the remains of their household items.1995, Lalan Tiwari, Issues in Indian Politics, page 48. From the entry gangrape
• I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.1982 April 10, Roosevelt Williamson, “Prison Racism and Legal Slavery in America”, in Gay Community News, page 15. From the entry personal

Meaning of ransack

1. verb To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
2. verb To search (someone or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray; hence, to rob (someone or a place); to plunder.
3. verb To search for and steal (something) as plunder.

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How do you use ransack in a sentence?

Ransack is used as a verb and noun. For example: “He ransacked his memory for a clew to that haunting familiarity.”

What is a short sentence with ransack?

“to ransack a house for valuables”

What does ransack mean?

Ransack means to search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.