ransack

Plural: ransacks

Verb

Verb Forms: ransacked, ransacking, ransacks

To search thoroughly and often violently, typically causing disorder.
steal goods; take as spoils
search thoroughly
To loot or pillage.
To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
To examine carefully; to investigate.
To violate; to ravish; to deflower.

Noun

Eager search.

Examples

He would ransack his mind for a bingo, but often settled for a shorter word.
to ransack a house for valuables

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann (“house”) + saka (“search”); probably influenced by sack. Compare Danish ransage, Swedish rannsaka.

Synonyms

comb, despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, reave, rifle, strip, sack

Scrabble Score: 13

ransack: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ransack: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ransack: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

ransack: valid Words With Friends Word