ransacking
/ˈrænsækɪŋ/
noun
- The act of searching a place thoroughly and destructively.
- Witnesses reported the ransacking of several cars in the parking lot.
- The ransacking of the shop took less than ten minutes.
- The ransacking left the library in a terrible state.
adjective
- Engaged in or characterized by ransacking.
- The ransacking thieves were caught on camera.
- The ransacking mob moved from store to store.
- They heard the ransacking sounds coming from the next room.
verb
- Present participle of ransack.
- She was ransacking her purse for her keys.
- The burglars are ransacking the house right now.
- The soldiers were ransacking every building in the town.