ransack
US: /ˈɹænˌsæk/
UK: /ɹˈænsæk/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
ransack /'rænsæk/- ngoại động từ
- lục soát, lục lọi
- to ransack a drawer: lục soát ngăn kéo
- to ransack one's brains: nặn óc, vắt óc suy nghĩ
- cướp phá
- lục soát, lục lọi
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb[VN] ~ sth (for sth) to search a place, making it untidy and causing damage, usually because you are looking for sth: The house had been ransacked by burglars.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 search, examine, go through or over (with a fine-tooth(ed) comb), comb, rake or rummage through, scour, explore, scrutinize, turn inside out:
I ransacked the second-hand bookshops for a copy but had no success.
2 rob, plunder, pillage, sack, despoil, loot, strip; burgle, US and Canadian burglarize:
The thieves who ransacked the shop apparently missed the most valuable jewel.
Concise dictionary
ransacks|ransacked|ransacking'rænsækverb
+steal goods; take as spoils
+search thoroughly
