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Ransack
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [R.] Even your father's house Shall not be free fromransack. J. Webster.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To make a thorough search. To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. Chaucer.