ransacker

Variant of ransack

ransack definition

ran·sack (ran′sak′)

transitive verb

  1. to search thoroughly; examine every part of in searching
  2. to search through for plunder; pillage; rob

Etymology: ME ransaken < ON rannsaka < rann, house (akin to OE ærn, Goth razn < IE base *(e)re-, to rest) + -saka < sœkja, to seek

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