competent
Definition: (adjective) having the skill and knowledge needed for a particular task; capable
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ransack
verb
- To make a thorough search of: comb, forage, rummage, scour
2.
Slang: shake down.
Idioms:
beat the bushes, leave no stone unturned, look (or search) high and low, look (or search) up and down, turn inside out, turn upside down. See
investigate
- To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: depredate, despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, rape, ravage, sack
2, spoliate, strip
1.
Archaic: harrow, spoil. See
crimes, give
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