RANSACK
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Ran"sack (răn"săk), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked (-săkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking.] [OE. ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. ræsn plank, beam) + the root of sækja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose.] 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
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To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts.
South.
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2. To plunder; to pillage completely.
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Their vow is made
To ransack Troy.
Shak.
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3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obs.]
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Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.
Spenser.
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Ran"sack, v. i. To make a thorough search.
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To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead.
Chaucer.
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Ran"sack, n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.]
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Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack.
J. Webster.
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