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to search through with the intent of committing robbery<it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals—they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults>Synonymsdespoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack, stripRelated Wordsburglarize; comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummage; harry, raid; ravish
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to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something<Iʼve ransacked the whole house for that bracelet you lent me and itʼs not anywhere>— see search 1
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