RANSACK
VERBS
► RAMACK to search, to ransack → 1953 Amer. dial.
► RAMSACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1837 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAMSHACK to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1901 Amer. dial.
► RAMSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely; to plunder → 1802 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAMSHAG to ransack; to search through in an exhaustive, messy or destructive way; to rummage → 1959 Amer. dial.
► RANCEL to search for; to grope; to ransack → 1898 Sc.
► RANSACKLE to ransack, to search for closely → 1802 Eng. dial.
► RANSHACKLE to ransack, to search for closely → 1621 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► RAT to pilfer, to steal, to ransack → 1919 chiefly Aust. & NZ
► RATCH to ransack, to ferret about; to sneak about like a ravenous dog; to ramble → 1874 Eng. dial.
► TURN OVER to ransack a place, usually in order to commit robbery, or searching a person → 1859 sl.