ransack (ransacks 3rd person present) (ransacking present participle) (ransacked past tense & past participle )If people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way. verb
Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying... V n
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ransacking n-sing the N of n
...the ransacking of the opposition party's offices.