History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
burgle

to break into a building and commit burglary

ransack

deprive

to take something away from a person, country etc; prevent a person, building, place etc from having, using or enjoying something

keep or take away something wanted, needed

desecrate

to use (a sacred thing or place) in an unworthy or wicked way

abuse, violate

destroy

to break (something) to pieces; make (something) useless; put an end to (hopes, a career etc)

demolish, devastate

devastate

to ruin (a place) completely

demolish, destroy

divest

to take (something) away from (a person)

dispossess; take off

fleece

(a piece of) the woolly covering of a sheep or similar animal; to rob (a person) by using trickery

plunder, steal

harass

to trouble, annoy, (a person)

badger

harrow

(to use) a heavy frame with metal teeth or discs for breaking up (ground) after ploughing

sack

ransack

to search (a place) untidily and thoroughly

turn inside out in search; ravage

ravage

a destructive effect; to damage (something) badly

destroy, ransack

rifle

a kind of gun with a long barrel, (to be) fired from the shoulder; to search (something) thoroughly in order to steal

ransack

rob

to take property from a person or place unlawfully

steal, deprive

spoil

to make (something) useless or unsatisfactory; to harm (a child's personality) by too much kindness or lack of discipline

ruin, hurt

steal

to take (a person's property) secretly and without right

take something without permission

stick-up

to use guns etc to steal from a person, bank etc

steal goods

DESPOIL as in Wiktionary
DESPOIL as in Wikipedia