Than com there an olde monke whych somtyme had bene a knyght, and behylde Sir Melyas; and anone he ransaked hym, and than he seyde unto Sir Galahad, ‘I shall heale hym of hys play, by the grace of God, within the terme of seven wykes.’.
If people ransack a building, they damage things in it or make it very untidy, often because they are looking for something in a quick and careless way. Demonstrators ransacked and burned the house where he was staying + ransacking ran·sack·ing the ransacking of the opposition party's offices
[ 'ran-"sak, (")ran-' ] (transitive verb.) 13th century. From Middle English ransaken, from Old Norse rannsakka, from rann (“house”) + saka (“search”); probably influenced by sack