Definition of Ransacking

1. Noun. A thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion). "He gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis"

Exact synonyms: Rummage
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting, Search
Derivative terms: Ransack, Rummage

Definition of Ransacking

1. Verb. (present participle of ransack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ransacking

1. ransack [v] - See also: ransack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ransacking

rankshifting
rankshifts
rann
rannels
rannies
ranns
ranny
ranolazine
ranpike
ranpikes
ransack
ransacked
ransacker
ransackers
ransacking
ransacks
ransel
ransels
ranseur
ranseurs
ransom
ransom money
ransomable
ransomed
ransomer
ransomers
ransoming
ransomite
ransomless

Literary usage of Ransacking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... the Bishop's Officers a»- out of Frame, without hope of Reformación, cited bym to Apperance, ransacking his except your Lordship shall see a Redresse, ..."

2. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The commencement of the second Richard's reign brings us to a new feature—the ransacking of the Tower by the populace, during Wat Tyler's insurrection in ..."

3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The commencement of the second Richard's reign brings us to a new feature—the ransacking of the Tower by the populace, during Wat Tyler's insurrection in ..."

4. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt (1836)
"ease in argument, he was sometimes careless, not giving himself the trouble of ransacking either his memory or imagination for all the topics of his subject ..."

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