/ˈrænsæk ||; ˈrænsæk/verb [T] ransack sth (for sth) to search a place, making it untidy and causing damage, usually because you are looking for sth 搜索，乱翻（通常为了寻找东西）: The house had been ransacked by burglars. 房子被窃贼洗劫一空。