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| sack [ sak ] |
transitive verb (past and past participle sacked, present participle sack·ing, 3rd person present singular sacks) |
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destroy and plunder place: to destroy a captured town or city and plunder its goods and valuables
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destruction and plundering: the destruction of a captured town or city and the plundering of its goods and valuables
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| [Mid-16th century. < Old French (a) sac, call to plunder, literally "(to the) sack" < Latin saccus (see sack1)] |
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