English-Thai Dictionary

ransack

VT ค้นหา ทุกซอกทุกมุม  รื้อ ค้น กระจุย กระจาย  comb rummage search kon-ha-tuk-sok-tuk-mum

 

ransack

VT ปล้นสะดม  ปล้น  plunder strip plonsa-dom

 

ransack for

PHRV ค้นหา ทุกซอกทุกมุม  ค้น กระจุย กระจาย  kon-ha-tuk-sok-tuk-mum

 

ransacker

N ผู้ รื้อ ค้น กระจุย กระจาย  destroyer phu-rue-kon-kra-jui-kra-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RANSACK

v.t.[Eng. rand, and ran is rapine. The last syllable coincides with the English verb to sack, to pillage. ] 1. To plunder; to pillage completely; to strip by plundering; as, to ransack a house or city.
Their vow is made to ransack Troy.
2. To search thoroughly; to enter and search every place or part. It seems often to convey the sense of opening doors and parcels, and turning over things in search; as, to ransack files of papers.
I ransack the several caverns.
3. To violate; to ravish; to deflower; as ransacked chastity. [Not in use. ]

 

RANSACKED

pp. Pillaged; search narrowly.

 

RANSACKING

ppr. Pillaging; searching narrowly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RANSACK

Ran "sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ransacked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking. ]Etym: [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. 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.

 

RANSACK

RANSACK Ran "sack, v. i.

 

Defn: To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap ] of bodies dead. Chaucer.

 

RANSACK

RANSACK Ran "sack, n.

 

Defn: The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ransack

ran sack |ˈranˌsak, ranˈsak ˈrænˈˌsæk | ▶verb [ with obj. ] go hurriedly through (a place ) stealing things and causing damage: burglars ransacked her home. • search through (a place or receptacle ) to find something, esp. in such a way as to cause disorder and damage: Hollywood ransacks the New York stage for actors. DERIVATIVES ran sack er |ˈranˌsakər |noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house ’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

ransack

ran |sack |ˈransak | ▶verb [ with obj. ] go through (a place ) stealing things and causing damage: burglars ransacked her home. • search (a place or receptacle ) thoroughly, especially in such a way as to cause harm: man has ransacked the planet for fuel. DERIVATIVES ransacker noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house ’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ransack

ransack verb Joonie's thugs ransacked Leon's apartment: plunder, pillage, raid, rob, loot, sack, strip, despoil; ravage, devastate, turn upside down; scour, rifle, comb, search.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ransack

ransack verb 1 burglars had ransacked the place: plunder, pillage, steal from, raid, rob, loot, rifle, sack, strip, denude; ravage, maraud, lay waste, devastate; literary despoil; archaic reave; rare depredate, spoliate. 2 she ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear: rummage through, hunt through, search (through ), rake through, scour, rifle, look all round, go through, comb, scrabble around in, poke around in, rummage around in, hunt around in, explore, turn inside out, turn over.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ransack

ran sack /rǽnsæk /動詞 他動詞 1 【物を探して 】〈場所 〉をくまなく探す «for » .2 〈建物など 〉を荒らしまわる, 略奪する .

 

ransacking

r á n sack ing 名詞 U 家宅捜索, あら探し, 略奪品 .