ransacking

Plural: ransackings

Noun

• a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
• The act by which something is ransacked.

Verb

• steal goods; take as spoils
• search thoroughly
• present participle and gerund of ransack

Synonyms

comb, despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, rummage, strip