1. (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house.

2. (v. t.) To plunder; to pillage completely.

3. (v. t.) To violate; to ravish; to deflower.

4. (v. i.) To make a thorough search.

5. (n.) The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage.

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