English

Verb

ransacking

1. present participle of ransack

Noun

ransacking ‎(plural ransackings)

1. The act by which something is ransacked.
   • 2013, Andrew Merrifield, Henri Lefebvre: A Critical Introduction (page 58)

     Lefebvre never saw any of these battles and ransackings, but one wonders what he would have made of them.