Definitions

v. 1
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
My sister wants to sack Tokyo.
v. 2
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
He was sacked last September.
n. 1
A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.
n. 2
The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).
The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — .

Related words

Word family: sack-back sackcloth sackful sacking sacklike sackload
Phrases: sad sack sack out give the sack hit the sack sack of shit ball sack bivouac sack get the sack
Other spellings: sac

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

2 letters: ax¹
3 letters: can¹, bed¹, net¹, bag¹, rob¹, hay¹, axe¹
4 letters: make¹, take¹, fuck¹, fire², shop¹, gain¹, rape¹, earn¹, coat¹, rack¹, chop¹, poke¹, loot¹, tote¹
5 letters: clear¹, waste¹, harry², shift¹, strip¹, rifle², screw¹, wreck¹, spoil¹, booty², havoc², pouch¹, theca
6 letters: forget², remove², pocket², firing², fleece¹, ravage², rapine
7 letters: release², destroy², robbery³, dismiss², discard², plunder², hammock², scrotum, pillage², chemise², ransack², despoil
8 letters: desolate³, spoliate
9 letters: discharge², dismissal³, terminate³, devastate³
10 letters: liberation⁴, desolation⁴, spoliation, dismission

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire² = 2 syllables).