ransack

“For a lot of people, they don’t remember that Dodger franchise, because they see today’s. You and I know what it looked like, and it was embarrassing. What he did was ransack the team.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

They’re merely following the lead of World Cup organizer FIFA, which is turning this upcoming three-nation showcase into an epic, All-American ransack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Overton’s 32 from 21 balls and Archer’s 17-ball 38 helped the visitors ransack 100 in the last 10 overs, including 21 off the final over.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024

By that he meant the way representatives from other schools would surely try to lure his players away, using lucrative NIL offers to ransack his team through the transfer portal.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024

I can’t leave the apartment again because Amá decided to ransack my room to make sure I didn’t have anything else that might be considered scandalous or immoral.

From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez

So someone who ransacks a Goodwill to fill their closet to the brim is more likely to use their wardrobes less and get rid of their clothes in larger amounts, ultimately creating more textile waste.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026

McEwan ransacks recent U.K. history, telescoping its events into a demented counter-factual fantasia marked by insurrection and overflowing garbage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2019

That can be useful when scientists or wildlife managers must relocate an animal, such as a grizzly bear that ransacks campsites for food.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2019

During a peaceful evening at church, someone ransacks the family home and steals their beloved dog.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 4, 2018

Eve ransacks a work-basket and instinctively thrusts the rosy tip of her finger into a thimble.

From The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Authorities have reported stores being ransacked or vandalized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Roebuck further discovered that his workshop had been ransacked.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Pharmacies, supermarkets and other businesses were ransacked, said residents, some of whom complained of the slow and meager post-quake aid coming from authorities.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The offices of several environmentalist groups were ransacked in the Charente-Maritime department.

From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2025

The room had been ransacked: drawers were hanging open and books had been tossed all over the place.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook

Macron's government has sought to draw a line between the legitimate demands of protesters and the looting, burning and ransacking that erupted on the sidelines of protests last Saturday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The World Cup feels like a competition to soak soccer fans, writes columnist Jason Gay, accusing NJ Transit of following FIFA’s ransacking lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

In 1874 after an Asante attack, British troops launched a "punitive expedition", in the colonial language of the time, ransacking Kumasi and taking many of the palace treasures.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024

“Our city will not tolerate criminals ransacking our businesses,” Police Chief Bill Scott said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2023

I imagined the searchers ransacking the trunks and drawers and drilling holes in the walls to look for hidden valuables.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang