Словарь синонимов английского языка - ransack

(v) 1. search, examine, go through or over (with a fine-tooth(ed) comb), comb, rake or rummage through, scour, explore, scrutinize, durn inside out: I ransacked the second-hand bookshops for a copy but had no success. 2. rob, plunder, pillage, sack, despoil, loot, strip; burgle, US and Canadian burglarize: The thieves who ransacked the shop apparently missed the most valuable jewel.