RANSACK

v. 1 search, examine, go through or over (with a fine-tooth(ed) comb), comb, rake or rummage through, scour, explore, scrutinize, turn inside out I ransacked the second-hand bookshops for a copy but had no success 2 rob, plunder, pillage, sack, despoil, loot, strip; burgle, US and Canadian burglarize The thieves who ransacked the shop apparently missed the most valuable jewel