Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of taking by storm and with pillage; sack; plundering.
- To sack; pillage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare The act of taking by storm and pillaging; sack.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
instance oraction ofsacking , pillaging or looting.
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Examples
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- Think about creating a hybrid between employment and sackage - Use the Weblogsinc playbook and instead of straight sacking editors, contract them to performance blog; base per word salary plus bonus for uniques/page views and ads.
Britney Leaves Rehab but ends up in Hospital with a Newspaper. Ben Barren 2007
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If Mark E. Smith's current rate of band sackage were to continue, the inevitable extinction of Fall members would leave him forced to embark on a solo career,
The Fall 1999
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Mendoza had enriched himself at the sackage of Rome by the Constable de
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Civilization which pretends to impose itself by violence, slaughter and sackage only sows hatred.
My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) Giovanni Battista Cerruti 1882
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Ma'rius and Sulpi'cius, at the head of a tumultuary body of their partisans, attempted to oppose their entrance; and the citizens themselves, who feared the sackage of the place, threw down stones and tiles from the houses upon the intruders.
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If he manages to get healthy and provide last year's run support with his previous levels of sackage, it could be an improvement that takes the pass rush to the next level all by itself.
Battle Red Blog 2010
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Those optimistic about Barnes can easily chalk up the rise in sackage to lead-weight David Garrard starting all 16 games while some of the slippage in rushing must be attributed to Fred Taylor's worst statistical season ever.
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If it be left to the spoil and sackage of common persons, if the love and service of so many nations be despised, so great riches and so mighty an empire refused; I hope her Majesty will yet take my humble desire and my labour therein in gracious part, which, if it had not been in respect of her HighnessÂ’ future honour and riches, could have laid hands on and ransomed many of the kings and caciqui of the country, and have had a reasonable proportion of gold for their redemption.
Dedication 1909
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If it be left to the spoil and sackage of common persons, if the love and service of so many nations be despised, so great riches and so mighty an empire refused; I hope her Majesty will yet take my humble desire and my labour therein in gracious part, which, if it had not been in respect of her Highness 'future honour and riches, could have laid hands on and ransomed many of the kings and caciqui of the country, and have had a reasonable proportion of gold for their redemption.
The Discovery of Guiana Walter Raleigh 1586
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