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单词 ransacker
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ransackern.

Brit. /ˈransakə/, U.S. /ˈrænˌsækər/
Forms: see ransack v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ransack v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < ransack v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. A person who scrutinizes or examines something closely. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > sacker, raider, or looter > [noun]
reavereOE
forayerc1330
cateran1371
ransackerc1390
depopulatorc1440
rover1481
forager1489
river?a1500
riderc1550
wight-rider1569
predour1577
sacker1589
harrier1596
boot-haler1600
marauder1698
poligar1773
skinner1780
looter1860
raider1861
c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 292 (MED) Hit is presumpcion þat a man..prese ouer-muche in to knowyng of gostli þinges..For þe wyse mon seiþ: Scrutator maiestatis opprimetur a gloria..Ronsaker [v.r. Raunsaker] of þe miȝt & of þe maiste, wiþ-oute gret clannes..schal be..oppressed.
1655 M. Casaubon Treat. Entvsiasme i. 20 I considered what a diligent ransacker of all such books Meursius had been.
1756 J. Shebbeare Fourth Let. People of Eng. 75 The whole business from the beginning to the end..forms such a tragi-comedy, and is such a blot upon the present times, that I defy the most painful ransacker of our annals to produce its rival.
1759 tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (ed. 7) II. xi. 132 I may challenge the Ransackers of the ancient Histories to produce any Passage more extraordinary.
1908 W. R. Taylor Italica 350 He was..a tireless ransacker for the last fact, the elusive final link, to complete a chain of evidence.
b. Chiefly English regional (East Anglian). In the fishing industry: a person who examines nets for faults. Now historical.
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1866 J. G. Nall Great Yarmouth & Lowestoft 292 In a long loft adjoining that of the ransackers, is the work-room of the..women and girls engaged in..mending up the nets.
1927 Dict. Occup. Terms 184/1 Ransacker (fishing nets)..examines nets for holes; turns faulty nets over to beatster.
1996 Daily Mail 5 Feb. [In the East Anglian herring fishing industry] it was the ransacker's job to overhaul the nets when they arrived at the net-chamber.
2. A plunderer, a pillager; a person who causes damage or disorder, esp. in the course of a search. Also figurative.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]
riflera1350
ravenerc1384
pillerc1385
preyerc1390
raptora1398
peelera1425
despoiler1467
spulyierc1475
pillardc1485
ruggerc1485
pollera1513
booty-fellow1530
spoiler1535
caterpillar1541
kitea1556
ransacker?1576
predator1581
lurdan1589
worm1591
scraper1598
pillager?1611
ravager1611
bird of preya1616
depredator1626
plunderer1639
expilator1658
shark1713
depredationist1828
spoliator1831
rapiner1843
ravisher1851
?1576 G. Gascoigne Spoyle of Antwerpe sig. C.vii Their daily trade in spoiling hath made them the cunningest ransackers of houses..that euer I heard of.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Judges ii. 14 Our Lord..delivered them into the handes of ransackers.
1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 260 They did not as our Churchsackers and ransackers doe.
1688 J. Sargeant Five Catholick Lett. v. 103 Instead of extracting the Pure Gold of Truth by understanding right those high and most Inestimable Articles, the ransackers of it did not draw out thence the Impure Dross of Errour and Heresy.
1716 R. Griffith People's Duty towards Pastors 24 Those wretched inhuman Ransackers of Graves.
1777 R. De Courcy Rejoinder vi. 217 Were I disposed to observe the lex talionis, how easily might I accost this ransacker of the dunciad with a retaliating quotation.
1855 J. C. Nott & G. R. Gliddon Types of Mankind (ed. 7) i. viii. 267 Such Nigritian mummies have never..been discovered by ransackers of that country's sepulchres.
1862 W. E. Gladstone in Times 8 Apr. 9/1 He is a ransacker of Hansard.
1925 Standard-Examiner (Ogden, Utah) 27 Mar. 15/7 (headline) Jewelry, clothing and money taken by ransackers.
1987 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 15 June v. 1/3 As I search drawers and rummage in closets, I feel like a ransacker.
2000 N.Y. Times 24 Sept. iv. 1/2 Say ‘anti-globalization’ and stormy images come to mind: ransackers of McDonald's restaurants in France, smashers of Seattle storefront windows.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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