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ransack

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Verb

  1. To loot or pillage.
  2. To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
  3. To examine carefully; to investigate.
  4. To violate; to ravish; to deflower.

Noun

  1. Eager search.

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