ransack Copy link Outline I. To plunder, pillage1. dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3 (with open violence)2. dēpĕcūlor, 1 (secretly and dishonestly)3. vexo, 1 (to use roughly and violently)II. To search thoroughly1. scrūtor, 12. so comp. perscrūtor, 1 (strengthened)3. rīmor, 1 (to pry about, rummage)4. exquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3 • ransack: I. To plunder, pillage: 1. dīrĭpio, ui, reptum, 3 (with open violence): my house was being r.'d and burnt, domus mea diripiebatur et ardebat, Cic. in Sen. 7., 18: v. to pillage. 2. dēpĕcūlor, 1 (secretly and dishonestly): he r.'d many private houses, very many cities, and all the temples, multas domos, plurimas urbes, omnia fana depeculatus est, id. Verr. Act. 1, 4, 11: v. to plunder, pillage. 3. vexo, 1 (to use roughly and violently): the temple might seem to have been r.'d by barbarous robbers, aedes a barbaris praedonibus vexata esse videatur, Cic. Verr. 4, 55, init. II. To search thoroughly: 1. scrūtor, 1: to r. secret places, loca abdita scrutari, Sall. J. 12. 2. so comp. perscrūtor, 1 (strengthened): to r. every hole and corner, loca omnia perscrutari, Liv.: to r. the woman's caskets, arculas muliebres p., Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25. 3. rīmor, 1 (to pry about, rummage): the vulture r.s the entrails for food, vultur viscera r. epulis, Virg. Aen. 6, 599: v. to pry. 4. exquīro, sīvi, sītum, 3: to r. everything by sea and land to furnish luxuries for the table, vescundi causa terra marique omnia ex., Sall. J. 13. Join: scrutari et quaerere; perscrutari et exquirere; investigare et perscrutari: Cic.