Loot vs. Sack

Lootnoun

A kind of scoop or ladle, chiefly used to remove the scum from brine-pans in saltworks.

Sacknoun

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.

Lootnoun

The act of plundering.

‘the loot of an ancient city’;

Sacknoun

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).

Lootnoun

plunder, booty, especially from a ransacked city.

Sacknoun

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

‘The sack of Rome.’;

Lootnoun

any prize or profit received for free, especially Christmas presents

Sacknoun

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

Lootnoun

(video games) Items dropped by defeated enemies.

Sacknoun

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense⁴ below.

Lootverb

To steal, especially as part of war, riot or other group violence.

‘to loot valuables from a temple’;

Sacknoun

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

‘He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.’;

Lootverb

To steal from.

‘to loot a temple for valuables’;

Sacknoun

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁴ below.

‘The boss is gonna give her the sack today.’; ‘He got the sack for being late all the time.’;

Lootverb

(video games) to examine the corpse of a fallen enemy for loot.

Sacknoun

Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

Lootnoun

The act of plundering.

Sacknoun

(dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

Lootnoun

Plunder; booty; especially, the booty taken in a conquered or sacked city.

Sacknoun

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Lootnoun

Anything stolen or obtained by dishonesty.

Sacknoun

The scrotum.

‘He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.’;

Lootnoun

Valuable objects; as, the child was delighted with all the loot he got for his birthday.

Sacknoun

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

Lootnoun

Money; as, you shouldn't carry all that loot around with you in the city; she made a pile of loot from trading in cattle futures.

Sackverb

To put in a sack or sacks.

‘Help me sack the groceries.’;

Lootverb

To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.

‘Looting parties . . . ransacking the houses.’;

Sackverb

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

Lootnoun

goods or money obtained illegally

Sackverb

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

‘The barbarians sacked Rome.’;

Lootnoun

informal terms for money

Sackverb

(American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage before he is able to throw a pass.

Lootverb

take illegally; of intellectual property;

‘This writer plundered from famous authors’;

Sackverb

(informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

‘He was sacked last September.’;

Lootverb

steal goods; take as spoils;

‘During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners’;

Sackverb

(colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.

‘The kids all sacked out before 9:00 on New Year’s Eve.’;

Lootnoun

private property taken from an enemy in war

‘the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy’;

Sacknoun

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Lootnoun

stolen money or valuables

‘the gang escaped with their loot’;

Sacknoun

A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

Lootnoun

money

‘ten thousand quid is a lot of loot’;

Sacknoun

A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

Lootverb

steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot

‘police confronted the protestors who were looting shops’;

Sacknoun

Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

Lootverb

steal (goods) in a war, riot, etc.

‘tonnes of food aid awaiting distribution had been looted’;

Sacknoun

A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

Lootverb

steal (something) from someone

‘a gang looted Rs. 1.5 lakh from a passenger’;

Sacknoun

See 2d Sac, 2.

Sacknoun

Bed.

Sacknoun

The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

‘The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, - by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age.’;

Sackverb

To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

‘Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.’;

Sackverb

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

Sackverb

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.’;

Sacknoun

a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Sacknoun

an enclosed space;

‘the trapped miners found a pocket of air’;

Sacknoun

the quantity contained in a sack

Sacknoun

any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

Sacknoun

a woman's full loose hiplength jacket

Sacknoun

a hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily

Sacknoun

a loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

Sacknoun

the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter;

‘the sack of Rome’;

Sacknoun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Sackverb

plunder (a town) after capture;

‘the barbarians sacked Rome’;

Sackverb

terminate the employment of;

‘The boss fired his secretary today’; ‘The company terminated 25% of its workers’;

Sackverb

make as a net profit;

‘The company cleared $1 million’;

Sackverb

put in a sack;

‘The grocer sacked the onions’;

Sacknoun

a large bag made of a strong material such as hessian, thick paper, or plastic, used for storing and carrying goods.

Sacknoun

the contents of a sack or the amount it can contain

‘a sack of flour’;

Sacknoun

a woman's short loose unwaisted dress, typically narrowing at the hem, popular especially in the 1950s.

Sacknoun

a woman's long loose dress or gown.

Sacknoun

a decorative piece of dress material fastened to the shoulders of a woman's gown in loose pleats and forming a long train, fashionable in the 18th century.

Sacknoun

dismissal from employment

‘they were given the sack’; ‘he got the sack for swearing’;

Sacknoun

bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex.

Sacknoun

a base.

Sacknoun

an act of tackling of a quarterback behind the line of scrimmage.

Sacknoun

the pillaging of a town or city

‘the sack of Rome’;

Sacknoun

a dry white wine formerly imported into Britain from Spain and the Canaries.

Sackverb

dismiss from employment

‘any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot’;

Sackverb

tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage

‘Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times’;

Sackverb

put into a sack or sacks

‘a small part of his wheat had been sacked’;

Sackverb

(chiefly in historical contexts) plunder and destroy (a captured town or building)

‘the fort was rebuilt in AD 158 and was sacked again in AD 197’;