Lục soát, lục lọi rất kỹ lưỡng

to ransack a drawer

lục soát ngăn kéo

to ransack one's brains

nặn óc, vắt óc suy nghĩ

Cướp phá, cướp bóc

V.

Search, examine, go through or over (with a fine-tooth(ed)comb), comb, rake or rummage through, scour, explore,scrutinize, turn inside out: I ransacked the second-handbookshops for a copy but had no success.

Rob, plunder,pillage, sack, despoil, loot, strip; burgle, US and Canadianburglarize: The thieves who ransacked the shop apparentlymissed the most valuable jewel.

V.tr.

Pillage or plunder (a house, country, etc.).

Thoroughly search (a place, a receptacle, a person's pockets,one's conscience, etc.).

Ransacker n. [ME f. ON rannsaka f.rann house + -saka f. soekja seek]