ransack
verb (used with object)
to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
ransacked
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past participleof ransack.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof ransack.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
ransackverb (used with object)to search thoroughly or vigorously through (a house, receptacle, etc.).
Example Sentences
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Education Minister Édouard Geffray said 24 schools had been "burned and ransacked" since the start of the protests.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Roebuck further discovered that his workshop had been ransacked.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The stolen antiquities follow other types of bounty the RSF has ransacked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked, said residents, some of whom complained of the slow and meager post-quake aid coming from authorities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
"She—she told me that the night the Roodveldts' hiding space was ransacked, she ran into Mirjam on the street," he says.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
