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ransacking

/ˈræn.sæk.ɪŋ/

ransackingnoun

ransackings

Translations

pillage

The ransacking of the office left papers scattered everywhere and several items missing.

Le pillage du bureau a laissé des papiers éparpillés partout et plusieurs objets manquaient.

Additional translations

mise à sacSe dit surtout d’un lieu fouillé et dévasté par des pillards.

Definitions

The act of searching thoroughly or in a disorderly manner, often with the intent to steal or cause damage.

The ransacking of the office left papers scattered everywhere and several items missing.

Synonyms

ransackinggerund / present participle

/ˈrænˌsækɪŋ/

Translations

pillantEmploi adjectival au sens de « qui pille en fouillant un lieu ».

Ransacking soldiers stormed through the village, overturning furniture in every house.

Des soldats pillant ont traversé le village en renversant les meubles dans chaque maison.

Definitions

Engaged in or characterized by ransacking; intent on searching a place roughly and often destructively.

Ransacking soldiers stormed through the village, overturning furniture in every house.

ransackverb

ransacking

ing-form

ransacked

Past Simple

ransacked

Past Participle

ransacking

ing-form

/ˈræn.sæk/

Translations

fouillerEn cherchant quelque chose de manière rapide et désordonnée.

He ransacked the filing cabinet looking for the missing contract.

Il a fouillé le classeur à la recherche du contrat manquant.

saccagerPour un lieu, avec l’idée de le mettre sens dessus dessous et de le dévaster.

The marauding soldiers ransacked the village, burning houses and taking valuables.

Les soldats pillards ont saccagé le village, brûlant des maisons et emportant des objets de valeur.

Additional translations

pillerUsage plus direct pour l’idée de dépouiller un lieu de ses biens.

Definitions

To search (a place) thoroughly and forcibly, stealing items and often causing damage; to plunder or pillage.

The marauding soldiers ransacked the village, burning houses and taking valuables.

To rummage through (something) in a hurried or disorderly way in order to find a desired item.

He ransacked the filing cabinet looking for the missing contract.

Synonyms

ransacknoun

Definitions

(archaic) An act of plundering or pillaging; the goods or booty taken.

The conquerors divided the ransack among themselves.