Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — South
2.
To plunder; to pillage completely.
Their vow is made To ransack Troy. — Shakespeare
3.
To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [Obsolete]
Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. — Spenser

Ransack , intransitive verb

To make a thorough search.
To ransack in the tas [heap] of bodies dead. — Chaucer

Ransack , noun

The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [Rare]
Even your father's house Shall not be free from ransack. — J. Webster