On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Ransack. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as plunder or comb and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ransack meaning
- To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
- To search (someone or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray; hence, to rob (someone or a place); to plunder.
- To search for and steal (something) as plunder.
Using Ransack
- The main meaning on this page is: To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray. | To search (someone or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray; hence, to rob (someone or a place); to plunder. | To search for and steal (something) as plunder.
- Useful related words include: plunder, comb, take, foray.
- In the example corpus, ransack often appears in combinations such as: ransack the, to ransack, looters ransack.
Context around Ransack
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ransack
- In this selection, "ransack" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, looters, rogers, leader, retail, dance and job stand out and add context to how "ransack" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after looters ransack a philadelphia and bikes to ransack the shop. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ransack" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ransack
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Uldin then proceeded to ransack Thrace. (6 words)
Looters ransack retail stores in Philadelphia, 15-20 arrested: policefox29. (10 words)
Today they ransack the 100 000 per day egg farm. (10 words)
After spending all night sorting through my property, on June 14 around 8 a.m. I was able to speak with Mullins, who admittedly did the ransack job and inventory of my property along with Lt. Lambert. (37 words)
A 65-year-old doctor was beaten, stabbed and bound to his bed, allegedly by four unidentified men who then proceeded to ransack his house in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar Monday. (32 words)
Scott Gallagher, of Sneinton Hermitage in Sneinton, pretended to be a customer browsing in stores in Nottinghamshire before breaking into their staff rooms to ransack the property of staff members. (30 words)
Is it smarter to ransack the meat section or clean out the medicine aisle? (14 words)
Example sentences (17)
Looters ransack retail stores in Philadelphia, 15-20 arrested: policefox29.
Orcs, Balrogs and even dragons were sent to ransack the city, resulting in it being completely flattened to the earth.
Sarah Rogers, Ransack Dance’s artistic director, said: “We are delighted to be bringing this exciting work to communities across Wales.
Scott Gallagher, of Sneinton Hermitage in Sneinton, pretended to be a customer browsing in stores in Nottinghamshire before breaking into their staff rooms to ransack the property of staff members.
Surveillance shows 69-year old mother Diane ducking for cover and screaming for help as those eight individuals smash nearly every single case and ransack the shop.
Trump left office in 2021 a pariah after inciting a mob of supporters to ransack the U.S. Capitol at the end of an attempt to overturn his electoral defeat.
Is it smarter to ransack the meat section or clean out the medicine aisle?
Today they ransack the 100 000 per day egg farm.
Video shows a police officer being dragged by vehicle after looters ransack a Philadelphia furniture store on October 27, 2020.
Motorcyclists crowded a while others got off their bikes to ransack the shop, footage of the “large scale public disorder” released by police shows.
A 65-year-old doctor was beaten, stabbed and bound to his bed, allegedly by four unidentified men who then proceeded to ransack his house in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar Monday.
After spending all night sorting through my property, on June 14 around 8 a.m. I was able to speak with Mullins, who admittedly did the ransack job and inventory of my property along with Lt. Lambert.
Ransack people’s private lives and communications to more effectively demonize them.
Black militiamen under a white leader ransack the Cameron house; the Cameron women are rescued by Confederate soldiers who rout the militia.
But they were surprised in the rear by a second force of Dardani, which had approached their camp stealthily by mountain paths, and proceeded to storm and ransack it.
During Easter 1389, members of the Prague clergy announced that Jews had desecrated the host (Eucharistic wafer) and the clergy encouraged mobs to pillage, ransack and burn the Jewish quarter.
Uldin then proceeded to ransack Thrace.
Common combinations with ransack
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ransack the 8×
- to ransack 7×
- looters ransack 2×
- and ransack 2×