Ransack

Definitions

Synonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”).

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Examples

“And euermore their vvicked Capitayn / Prouoked them the breaches to aſſay, / Somtimes vvith threats, ſomtimes vvith hope⟳ of gayn, / VVhich by the ranſack of that peece they ſhould attayn.”

“VVhat ſecret corner? VVhat unvvonted vvay / Has ſcap'd the ranſack of my rambling thoughts?”

“A soldier in the general ransack found a jar of olives which this man had buried, and in which he had concealed some pieces of gold; […]”

“[H]e is decided in his belief that the signet was an emerald, and as precious for the work⟳ of the artist as its own⟳ intrinsic value. Perhaps this stone also will turn⟳ up in the ransack of the sultan's treasury.”

“"There are no official papers here," he said, after another short ransack; "there must have⟳ been some if this desk is the one. Have⟳ you dared to delude me by showing the wrong desk?"”

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