v.tr. 1 pillage or plunder (a house, country, etc.). 2 thoroughly search (a place, a receptacle, a person's pockets, one's conscience, etc.). ransacker n.
[ ME f. ON rannsaka f. rann house + -saka f. soekja seek ]
RANSACK
Meaning of RANSACK in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012