Definition: search thoroughly
Usage: They combed the area for the missing child
Similar words: search
Definition: subject to a search
Usage: The police searched the suspect; We searched the whole house for the missing keys
Synonyms: rifle, ransack, reave, plunder, pillage, despoil, foray, loot, strip
Definition: steal goods; take as spoils
Usage: During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Similar words: take
Definition: take by force
Usage: Hitler took the Baltic Republics; The army took the fort on the hill