Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ransacking

1 sense of ransacking

Sense 1
ransacking, rummage -- (a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis")
       => search, hunt, hunting -- (the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ransack

2 senses of ransack

Sense 1
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Sense 2
comb, ransack -- (search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child")
       => search -- (subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys")