Crossword-Solution: RANSACKING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ransacking | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Ransack |
We have 5 clues for the answer “RANSACKING”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Searching chaotically | 1 answer |
| Searching through destructively | 1 answer |
| act of ransacking a place | 1 answer |
| he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't find his skis | 1 answer |
| pillaging | 31 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with RANSACKING (5)
This trade caused the wretches who followed it to be experts in the use of stupefying drugs, and they determined to practise their arts upon their friendless lodger, so as to have an opportunity of ransacking his effects, and of seeing what it might be worth their while to purloin.
The sister left in charge had imprudently left her post; there were secrets that she longed to know; and so busy was she ransacking the inner room, that she heard nothing, and was horrified when she came back to find that the body was gone.
Barring the episode of the ransacking of my effects the first night, I had not a suspicion of a clue or a hint of any mystery.
The glass cases, which both fill and line it, may contain unique examples of the goldsmith’s art in times and places of which one heard quite enough in the course of one’s classical education; but, from a professional point of view, I would as lief have the ransacking of a single window in the West End as the pick of all those spoils of Etruria and of ancient Greece.
Upon the strength of the rumour, a believer in all the wondrous tales told of Nicholas Flamel bought the house, and nearly pulled it to pieces in ransacking the walls and wainscotting for hidden gold.
Quotes with RANSACKING (2)
When tadpole was born, I spent a sleepless night on the maternity ward gazing intently into her inky, newborn eyes, grappling to come to terms with the indisputable fact that this was an actual person looking back at me, not just a version of Mr Frog, or me, or both, in miniature. From the outset she seemed to know what she wanted, and I realised I could have no inkling of the paths she would choose to follow. But if I watch her life unfold carefully enough, perhaps I will se…
I have long believed, especially after the unprovoked Western attack on Iraq and the ransacking of the Gaddafi regime in Libya, that North Korea would not desist from the full development of its nuclear weapons program, despite threats and sanctions from the West and even from China.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: USA TODAY.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (2014–2020).