---

• n  a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)
• v  steal goods; take as spoils
• v  search thoroughly

• Holman wasn't a Fear Factor thrill seeker; he was a deeply Romantic figure, a man ransacking the globe for peace of mind even as he fled the demons of disappointment and bitterness .
• But the upshot was that hundreds of young Uighur men spilled onto Urumqi's streets, smashing vehicles, ransacking shops and attacking Han residents.
• As they fled, the ransacking began in earnest.

• rummage
• plunder
• despoil
• loot
• reave
• strip
• rifle
• ransack
• pillage
• foray
• comb

News & Articles

---

• Corralitos burglary suspect faces up to 10 years in prison
  SANTA CRUZ -- A Hollister man accused of ransacking a Corralitos home and stealing three vehicles faces eight to 10 years in prison if convicted, prosecutors said Friday.
  June 15, 2013 - Santa Cruz Sentinel
• Police hunt for burglar after assault
  Peter Davis had just finished ransacking his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend's room after throwing her down the stairs when she began to shout she was going to call the police. "Tell the police have fun trying to find me," Mr. Davis, 23, 27 Maple Ave., Carbond
  June 14, 2013 - The Scranton Times-Tribune
• Man accused of ransacking Corralitos home, from vintage Mustang to shower caddy
  CORRALITOS -- A 43-year-old man is accused of ransacking a Corralitos home in May and taking everything from a vintage Ford Mustang to the homeowner's shampoo and shower caddy.
  June 13, 2013 - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Quotes

---

• Jim Wells in Ireland Online
  Jim Wells, a South Down DUP MLA, said: "The reality is that station was wide open." "Somebody broke into the police station, going through papers and ransacking it." "When staff came back they found it had been burgled."
• Charles Eaton Haynes in Salt Lake Tribune
  The anti-Prop 8 ad that depicted Mormon missionaries barging into the home of a lesbian couple, seizing wedding rings from the women and ransacking the house was way over the line,Haynes says. "Although the post-election protests at Mormon...
• Allan Rock in Windsor Star
  People told me about armed men arriving in the middle of the night, ransacking the homes, taking the children, threatening the family if they tried to do anything about it,Rock said. "I met with young men, 15 and 16, who had escaped after...