ransack
Tear apart seeking
To ransack is to search through a place thoroughly, usually in a disorderly or destructive way: Burglars ransacked the apartment.
The word implies turning things over, opening drawers, leaving a mess.
It can also mean to plunder or loot: Vikings ransacked coastal villages.
The searching and plundering senses often overlap—you ransack looking for valuables, taking what you find.
Goods seized violently
- pillageViolent theft of goods
- lootStolen valuables
- robSteal using intimidation
- burgleSteal from a building
steal · strip · despoil · maraud · pirate · raid · heist · burglarize
Search unsystematically through clutter
Destroyed vessel or vehicle
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- ravageCause severe destruction
- vandalizeDeliberately damage property
damage · ruin · destroy · lay waste · gut · demolish · sack · desecrate
Unlawful entry to premises
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- home invasionUnlawful entry while occupied
- forced entryIllegal building intrusion
violation · breach · infiltration · unauthorized entry · prowler · intruder · burglar · invader
plunder
Goods seized violently
burgle · steal · strip · despoil · maraud · pirate · raid · heist · burglarize · rifle
rummage
Search unsystematically through clutter
rifle · forage · hunt · ferret · root · delve · probe · poke · pry · dig
wreck
Destroyed vessel or vehicle
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- devastateDestroy thoroughly and completely
- ravageCause severe destruction
vandalize · damage · ruin · destroy · lay waste · gut · demolish · sack · desecrate · defile
break-in
Unlawful entry to premises
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- home invasionUnlawful entry while occupied
forced entry · violation · breach · infiltration · unauthorized entry · prowler · intruder · burglar · invader · encroachment
- searchessearch, seek, hunt, quest, find
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
- destruction verbsdestroy, demolish, wreck, ruin, smash
- raidsair raid, border raid, cavalry raid, coastal raid, commando raid
- ScandinavianDenmark, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Norse mythology, Icelandic sagas