rummages

noun

Meaning

A thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
Commotion; disturbance.
A disorganized collection of miscellaneous objects; a jumble.
A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship.
The act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage.
To arrange (cargo, goods, etc.) in the hold of a ship; to move or rearrange such goods.
To search a vessel for smuggled goods.
To search something thoroughly and with disregard for the way in which things were arranged.

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