Synonyms of ransacks

ransacks

verb

present tense third-person singular of ransack

1

as in plunders

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plunders
• pillages
• despoils
• loots
• sacks
• raids
• marauds
• steals (from)
• rummages
• rakes
• combs
• rifles
• burglarizes
• breaks in
• hunts
• harries
• rips off
• ravishes

2

as in searches

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searches
• finds
• rummages
• combs
• scans
• scours
• rakes
• locates
• explores
• examines
• investigates
• rifles
• surveys
• dredges
• inspects
• sorts (through)
• digs (through)
• hunts (through)
• discovers
• trolls
• scrutinizes
• detects
• audits
• learns
• ascertains
• determines
• reviews
• checks (out)
• tracks (down)
• probes
• runs down
• finds out
• peruses
• frisks
• hits (on or upon)
• prospects
• gets
• shakes down
• snoops
• pokes (around)
• pats down
• descries
• looks over
• browses
• glances (over)
• studies
• scares up
• ferrets (out)
• grubs (about)
• skirmishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hides
• loses
• ignores
• abandons
• neglects

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ransacks

The culminating episode, as the mob smashes and ransacks a hospital and terrorizes its patients, ultimately reveals a frail elderly man, standing naked and alone in an empty bathtub as the assailants approach. — John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026