Word: sack

n

• a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
• a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
• a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
• a woman's full loose hiplength jacket
• an enclosed space; "the trapped miners found a pocket of air"
• any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
• the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"
• the quantity contained in a sack
• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

v

• make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million"
• plunder (a town) after capture; "the barbarians sacked Rome"
• put in a sack; "The grocer sacked the onions"
• terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

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