▪ search through (a place or receptacle) to find something, especially in such a way as to cause disorder and damage:"Hollywood ransacks the New York stage for actors"Similarrummage throughhunt throughsearch (through)rake throughscourriflelook all aroundgo throughcombscrabble around inpoke around inrummage around inhunt around inexploreturn inside outturn over
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek’.
