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71National Ransom — Studio album by Elvis Costello Released October 25, 2010 (non U.S.) November 2, 2010 (U.S …
72Post-invasion Iraq (2003 to present) — See also: Iraq War, 2007 in Iraq, 2008 in Iraq, and 2009 in Iraq Post invasion Iraq (2003 to present) Part of the Iraq War …
73pillage — pil·lage / pi lij/ vb pil·laged, pil·lag·ing vt: to loot or plunder esp. in war vi: to take booty pillage n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
74comb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. scrape; card; dress, tease, back comb; search. See cleanness, inquiry. II (Roget s IV) n. Combs include the following hair comb, ivorycomb, currycomb, flax comb, carding knife, graining instrument; …
75loot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. booty, spoil, plunder. See acquisition. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. booty, spoils, plunder, take*; see booty . See Synonym Study at booty . v. Syn. plunder, thieve, rifle; see rob , steal . III (Roget s 3 …
76pry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. examine, search, seek, peer, ransack, peek, reconnoiter; raise, force, prize, lever. See curiosity, inquiry, vision. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move with a lever] Syn. push, lift, raise, pull, prize,… …
77sack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bag; destruction, pillage; wine. v. t. ravage, plunder, pillage, despoil; slang, discharge, fire. See stealing, receptacle, ejection. sack out II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A bag] Syn. sac, pouch, pocket;… …
78search — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. hunt, seek, look for; explore, examine, penetrate; probe; test. n. quest, pursuit; inquiry, examination, investigation, scrutiny, exploration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exploration, quest, research;… …
79ramshackle — (adj.) 1809, back formation from ramshackled, earlier ranshackled (1670s), alteration of ransackled, pp. of ransackle (see RANSACK (Cf. ransack)). The word seems to have been regarded as Scottish. Reading over this note to an American gentleman,… …
80ransackle — ˈranˌsakəl transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: freq. of ransack archaic : ransack …
