Meanings of ransack shops in English

Mr Homoli's family reacted by joining groups from other provinces to ransack shops and burn down houses.

Residents of the capital said gangs had ransacked shops linked to the president overnight.

Rioters torched cars and ransacked shops.

President Nicolas Sarkozy, who met deputies from Guadeloupe today, deplored the violence in which youths have ransacked shops and burned cars.

Slideshow (17 images) They also ransacked shops and scrawled anti-capitalist graffiti on walls before eventually being dispersed by police.

Crowds set two cinemas ablaze and ransacked shops in the northwestern city of Peshawar, clashing with riot police who fired tear gas.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets, smashing windows of public buildings, ransacking shops and setting up barricades of burning tyres on main avenues.