different between ransack vs ransacker

English

Etymology

From Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann (“house”) + saka (“search”); probably influenced by sack.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ænsæk/
• Homophone: RANSAC

Verb

ransack (third-person singular simple present ransacks, present participle ransacking, simple past and past participle ransacked)

1. (transitive) To loot or pillage. See also sack.
2. (transitive) To make a vigorous and thorough search of (a place, person) with a view to stealing something, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.

   • to ransack every corner of their […] hearts

3. (archaic) To examine carefully; to investigate.
4. To violate; to ravish; to deflower.

Translations

Noun

ransack (plural ransacks)

1. Eager search.
   • 1861, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

     Perhaps this stone also will turn up in the ransack of the sultan's treasury.

Anagrams

• rackans

English

Etymology

ransack +? -er

Noun

ransacker (plural ransackers)

1. One who ransacks.

Synonyms

• looter