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What (who) is ransack - definition
INDISCRIMINATE TAKING OF GOODS BY FORCE
Looter; Looters; Plunder; Pillage; Pillaging; War booty; Plundering; Rapine; Looted; Plunders; Despoil; Despoiled; Despoiling; Despoils; Despoiler; Pillagers; Pillages; War loot; Ransack; Spoils of victory; War looting; Booty (loot); Ransacking
![Duke of Alba]], 2 October 1572.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spaanse Furie - De plundering van Mechelen door de hertog van Alba in 1572 (Frans Hogenberg).jpg?width=200 "Duke of Alba]], 2 October 1572.")
![The aftermath of the plundering of the village of [[Wommelgem]] in 1589. [[Eighty Years' War]], painting by [[Sebastiaen Vrancx]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sebastiaan Vrancx (1573-1647) - De plundering van Wommelgem (1625-1630) - Düsseldorf Museum Kunstpalast 15-08-2012 15-08-12.JPG?width=200 "The aftermath of the plundering of the village of [[Wommelgem]] in 1589. [[Eighty Years' War]], painting by [[Sebastiaen Vrancx]]")
![mass unrest]] in the United States, 7 June 2020](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saks Fifth Avenue Boarded Up During Black Lives Matter Protests New York City - 49984780162.jpg?width=200 "mass unrest]] in the United States, 7 June 2020")
![The [[Beit Ghazaleh]] Museum of Aleppo was looted of its contents prior to being hit by explosions (photo 2017)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beit Ghazaleh Alep Dec 2017.jpg?width=200 "The [[Beit Ghazaleh]] Museum of Aleppo was looted of its contents prior to being hit by explosions (photo 2017)")
![Looters attempting to enter a cycle shop in North London during the [[2011 England riots]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2011 London riots.jpg?width=200 "Looters attempting to enter a cycle shop in North London during the [[2011 England riots]]")
Ransack
·vi To make a thorough search.
II. Ransack ·vt To Plunder; to pillage completely.
III. Ransack ·noun The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.
IV. Ransack ·vt To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
ransack
v. a.
1.
Plunder, pillage, sack, ravage, rifle, strip.
2.
Explore, rummage, search thoroughly.
ransack
(ransacks, ransacking, ransacked)
If people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way.
Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying...
VERB: V n
• ransacking
...the ransacking of the opposition party's offices.
N-SING: the N of n
Wikipedia
Looting
Looting is the act of stealing, or the taking of goods by force, typically in the midst of a military, political, or other social crisis, such as war, natural disasters (where law and civil enforcement are temporarily ineffective), or rioting. The proceeds of all these activities can be described as booty, loot, plunder, spoils, or pillage.
During modern-day armed conflicts, looting is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime.
Examples of use of ransack
1. "The police allowed these people to ransack the cargo.
2. Plunderers of the world, they have exhausted the land and now ransack the sea.
3. They waded through floodwater to ransack electronics stores, drugstores and supermarkets.
4. They waded through flood water to ransack electronics stores, drugstores and supermarkets.
5. This year‘s festive schedules will be providing the usual diet of classic repeats as all major channels ransack the archives.