RANSACK
(verb) search thoroughly
"They combed the area for the missing child"
synonyms : comb(verb) steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
synonyms : despoil , foray , loot , pillage , plunder , reave , rifle , strip
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Mnemonics for ransack
(Tag: ) this sounds like run seek...RUN+SEEK...so you must run to seek a house for your self.....you must search throughly about a house.
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(Tag: ) I ran through the sack (searched throughly) stil I didn't get my pen
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(Tag: ) ranSACK so fill the sack with what ever you SEEK
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(Tag: ) RUN+SACK...If you lose something and try to search thoroughly, you run your eyes through sack and try to find it out....
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(Tag: ) run and SEEK the thing to pilfer
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