ransack
Word family verbransacknounransacker
ran·sack /ˈrænsæk/ verb [transitiveT]1 STEALto go through a place, stealing things and causing damage 洗劫〔某處〕The whole flat had been ransacked. 整間公寓都遭到洗劫。
2 LOOK FORto search a place very thoroughly, often making it untidy 徹底搜索,翻找ransack something for somethingShe ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear. 她爲了找可以穿的衣服,把衣櫃翻得亂七八糟。
Origin ransack (1200-1300) Old Norse rannsaka, from rann “house” + -saka “to search”