ransack | Definition of ransack

Synonyms and Antonyms of ransack

1 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 of ransack

despoil, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, sack

Words Related to ransack

break in, burglarize, rip off, steal (from)

comb, hunt, rake, rifle, rummage

2 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 of ransack

comb, dig (through), dredge, hunt (through), rake, rifle, rummage, scour, search, sort (through), troll

Words Related to ransack

frisk, pat down, shake down

audit, check (out), examine, inspect, investigate, review, scan, scrutinize, survey

ascertain, descry, detect, determine, discover, ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), learn, locate, run down, scare up, track (down)

grub (about), poke (around)

explore, probe, prospect, skirmish, snoop

browse, glance (over), look over

Near Antonyms of ransack

ignore, neglect