ransack
ran sak
- v steal goods; take as spoils
- v search thoroughly
- Langdon must ransack the Capitol for his missing friend Peter Solomon, the one who lost the hand, and for a hidden Masonic pyramid, which is the key to some mystical wisdom that .
- Interview relatives, asking questions about themselves and their memories of others; ransack attics for old family photos, letters and diaries.
- April 2003: Saddam Hussein is on the run, and the sky over Baghdad is choked with black smoke as looters ransack and torch government buildings.