Sack \Sack\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sacked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Sacking.]
[See Sack pillage.]
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to
ravage.
The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their
city sacked by a barbarous enemy. --Addison.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |