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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.

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).

Example: The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.

The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

Example: The sack of Rome.

Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

To put in a sack or sacks.

Example: Help me sack the groceries.

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

Example: The barbarians sacked Rome.

To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.

A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

(games) A sacrifice.

Example: Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.

A bag or pouch inside a plant or animal that typically contains a fluid.

(games) A sacrifice.

Example: Kasparov's queen sac early in the game gained him a positional advantage against Kramnik.

(games) To sacrifice.

Example: I kept saccing monsters at the altar until I was rewarded with a new weapon.

The privilege, formerly enjoyed by the lord of a manor, of holding courts, trying causes, and imposing fines.