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ransacked, ppl. a.|ˈrænsækt| [f. prec. + -ed1.] Searched into, explored, plundered, etc.
c1440Promp. Parv. 423/1 Ransakyd, investigatus, perscrutatus. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxix. (1887) 194 The spoile of the ransaked pouertie. 1659Sprat Plague of Athens (1790) 249 The ransack'd memory Languish'd in naked poverty. 1697Dryden æneid ii. 1040 The Spoils which they from ransack'd Houses brought. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 175 A Flora and a Fauna which have no similitudes in the ransacked quarters of the Old World. |