DictionaryRoot: ransackle
English
ransackle
to ransack, plunder
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adjective
ramshackle
RAM-shak-uhl/ˈræmʃækl/
Poorly built or maintained and likely to fall apart.
Etymology
Ramshackle derives from a participial form of ransackle, a verb sharing its ancestry with ransack. The adjective came to describe the ill-made or deteriorated condition of things, especially houses and carriages.