tr.v., -sacked, -sack·ing, -sacks.
- To search or examine thoroughly.
- To search carefully for plunder; pillage.
[Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka : rann, house + *saka, to search, seek.]
ransacker ran'sack'er n.
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