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Raid vs. Sack — What's the Difference?

Raid vs. Sack — What's the Difference?

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Raid

A surprise attack by a small armed force.

Sack

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

Raid

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police
A raid on a gambling den.

Sack

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

Raid

An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
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Sack

Dismissal from employment
They were given the sack
He got the sack for swearing

Raid

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

Sack

Bed, especially as regarded as a place for sex.

Raid

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

Sack

A base.

Raid

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

Sack

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

Raid

To make a raid on.

Sack

The pillaging of a town or city
The sack of Rome

Raid

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

Sack

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

Raid

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

Sack

Dismiss from employment
Any official found to be involved would be sacked on the spot

Raid

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
A police raid of a narcotics factory
A raid of contractors on the public treasury

Sack

Tackle (a quarterback) behind the line of scrimmage
Oregon intercepted five of his passes and sacked him five times

Raid

(sports) An attacking movement.

Sack

Put into a sack or sacks
A small part of his wheat had been sacked

Raid

(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

Sack

(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

Raid

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

Sack

A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.

Raid

(transitive) To engage in a raid against.
The police raided the gambling den.
The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
A group of mobsters raided an art museum and stole a bunch of paintings.

Sack

The amount that a sack can hold
Sold two sacks of rice.

Raid

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

Sack

Also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.

Raid

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.
I raided the fridge for snacks.

Sack

(Slang) Dismissal from employment
Finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.

Raid

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
Marauding chief! his sole delightThe moonlight raid, the morning fight.
There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional raids.

Sack

(Informal) A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag
Hit the sack at 10:00.

Raid

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

Sack

(Baseball) A base.

Raid

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Sack

(Football) A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.

Raid

A sudden short attack

Sack

The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town.

Raid

An attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Sack

Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 1500s and 1600s.

Raid

Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;
The police raided the crack house

Sack

To place into a sack
Sacked the groceries.

Raid

Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly

Sack

(Slang) To discharge from employment
Sacked the workers who were caught embezzling.

Raid

Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies

Sack

(Football) To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.

Raid

Search for something needed or desired;
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator

Sack

To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.

Sack

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.

Sack

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).

Sack

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

Sack

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

Sack

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

Sack

(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.

Sack

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense5 below.
The boss is gonna give her the sack today.
He got the sack for being late all the time.

Sack

Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

Sack

(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.

Sack

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

Sack

The scrotum.
He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.

Sack

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

Sack

Alternative spelling of sac

Sack

To put in a sack or sacks.
Help me sack the groceries.

Sack

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

Sack

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
The barbarians sacked Rome in 410 CE.

Sack

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

Sack

To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
He was sacked last September.

Sack

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

Sack

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.

Sack

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.

Sack

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.

Sack

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

Sack

See 2d Sac, 2.

Sack

Bed.

Sack

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.

Sack

To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.

Sack

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

Sack

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.

Sack

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

Sack

An enclosed space;
The trapped miners found a pocket of air

Sack

The quantity contained in a sack

Sack

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

Sack

A woman's full loose hiplength jacket

Sack

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

Sack

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

Sack

The plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter;
The sack of Rome

Sack

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

Sack

Plunder (a town) after capture;
The barbarians sacked Rome

Sack

Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers

Sack

Make as a net profit;
The company cleared $1 million

Sack

Put in a sack;
The grocer sacked the onions

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