ransacked vs looted

ransacked and looted both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ransacked	No	Yes	No	No
looted	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, ransacked and looted are synonyms defined as:

ransacked and looted: wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

Other synonyms of ransacked include pillaged, plundered.

ransacked (adjective)	looted (adjective)
wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value	wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value