Ransack
Ransack (ran"sak) , transitive verb
[Old English ransaken, Icelandic rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Gothic razn house, Anglo-Saxon rasn plank, beam) + the root of sakja to seek, akin to English seek. See Seek, and compare Rest repose.]
1.
To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.
To ransack every corner of their... hearts.
2.
To plunder; to pillage completely.
Their vow is made
To ransack Troy.
3.
To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obsolete]
Rich spoil of ransacked chastity.
Ransack , intransitive verb
To make a thorough search.
To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead.
Ransack , noun
The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [Rare]
Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack.