sack

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1. bag, pouch, Midland U.S. and Scot. poke, Chiefly Scot. pocket, Obs. budget; pack, packet, satchel; purse, grip, valise, carpetbag; saddlebag, Southwestern U.S. alforja; backpack, knapsack, kit-bag, haversack, rucksack; gunnysack, gunny-bag, duffel bag; mailbag, mail pouch.

2.U.S. Slang. bed, bunk, cot, Brit. lair, Brit. Sl. kip.

3.Slang. discharge, walking papers, Inf. bounce, Sl. boot, Sl. pink slip; Sl. the bum's rush, Sl. heave-ho.

4. hit the sack

Slang. go to bed, go to sleep, retire, turn in, bed down, Sl. hit the hay, Sl. sack out; nap, snooze, Sl. conk out.

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5. bag, pocket, pouch.

6.Slang. fire, dismiss, put out of a job, let go, lay off, give [s.o.] his walking papers, Inf. bounce, Inf. give [s.o.] the sack, Inf. send down the road, Sl. can, U.S. Govt. Inf. rif.

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1. pillage, plunder, rob, despoil, Archaic. spoil, spoliate, Chiefly Scot. reive; ravage, harry, rape, maraud, depredate; ransack, loot, gut, fleece, strip, rifle, steal; raid, foray, forage, prey on or upon; desecrate, defile, outrage, violate.

2. devastate, lay waste, waste; desolate, wreak havoc upon, destroy, damage, ruin, vandalize; burn, level, raze, demolish.

3. pirate, freeboot, buccaneer, privateer, filibuster; burglarize, burgle, break in.

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4. pillage, plunder, plundering, rapine, depredation, spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, Obs. direption, raven; ravaging, harrying, marauding, Archaic. maraud, sacking, Rare. sackage; raid, razzia.. foray; foraging, looting, ravishment, seizure, grab, rape.

5. devastation, laying waste, desolation; destruction, ruin, burning, razing, leveling, vandalizing; vandalism, desecration, defilement, outrage, violation.