及物动词

1. 搜寻；搜遍；洗劫
If people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way.

1. search thoroughly

e.g. They combed the area for the missing child

Synonym: comb

2. steal goods
take as spoils

e.g. During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

Synonym: plunderdespoillootreavestripriflepillageforay