SACK


Meaning of SACK in English

v. & n.

v.tr. 1 plunder and destroy (a captured town etc.). 2 steal valuables from (a place).

n. the sacking of a captured place.

[ orig. as noun, f. F sac in phr. mettre à sac put to sack, f. It. sacco SACK(1) ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.