Meaning

(archaic except Northern England, Scotland) Synonym of ransack..

Definitions by Sense

1. (archaic except Northern England, Scotland) Synonym of ransack.
2. Alternative form of ramshackle.

Example Sentences

And yet zay nothing for me, but devise All the strićt means, to ransackle me o' my money.

“You're making it very tough for me,” said Fox. “Someone went into Yerkes Flats last night right under the helicopter cover. They ransackled the place, killed the caretaker —"

On the latter date, the Black Panther Party offices were ransackled by police; typewriters sashed, the office set on fire; newspapers and food for the breakfast program and supplies for the health clinic destroyed, and the arrestees beaten.

I'd rather the sword drawn in a blink than the slow soul ransackled by the State.

In the 34 years that he presided over Tuskegee. the school grew from two ransackle classrooms to 100 well-equipped buildings, more than 1,500 students.

In course of time many a such temple are lost to oblivion leaving only the images now kept in the newly built temples or in the ransackle houses.

The Jenukurubas of Hunsur Taluka, Mysore District Karnataka lived in ransackle shanties.

Word Forms

• ransackles
• ransackling
• ransackled
• ranshackle
• ranshakle
• more ransackle
• most ransackle

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Use ransackle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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