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as in looting
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as in dismissing
to let go from office, service, or employment
he was sacked for showing up late once too often
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as in plundering
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace
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Recent Examples of sacking
Ben Church, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Bannon’s arrest raises new questions about Attorney General William Barr’s abrupt sacking two months ago of Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for New York.
—Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
Mason Taylor before anybody else moved on the Jets’ final offensive snap of the day, and buried any chance of catastrophe by sacking Justin Fields with some help from his friends, the fiercest pass-rush in the NFL.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Ongoing struggles Amorim was announced as the new first-team head coach following the sacking of Erik ten Hag.
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The defensive line took advantage of a weak Auburn O-line, sacking Arnold five times.
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Everyone wanted to return home soon, to take refuge, amid fears of possible looting that failed to materialize.—
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For instance, before the signing of the ceasefire agreement, there was lots of looting of humanitarian aid, and these looters were backed up.—
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Four Democratic-Farm-Labor Party lawmakers who chair state Senate education committees cited Minneapolis Public Schools canceling classes and extracurricular activities last week after federal agents reportedly clashed with students and staff during Roosevelt High School’s dismissal on Wednesday.—
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Prosecutors noted that after receiving the money, the defendants filed loan forgiveness applications containing further inaccuracies, which led to the dismissal of some debt.—
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It was revealed during that trial that Low's plundering of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund exceeded $4 billion.—
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Aron Solomon on how the Meta AI copyright decision made libraries sitting ducks for AI plundering.—
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Tony Dungy, especially like Tony Dungy himself, to say that (expressing shock at John Harbaugh’s firing).—
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So the firings of Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski and the Ravens’ Harbaugh have injected some juice into a Giants search that previously threatened to cast as wide and arbitrary a net as last year’s ridiculous Jets process.—
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Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.—
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He was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon, police said.—
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Investigators quickly linked him to two similar crimes — a $2,500 robbery of Bank of America on the 1400 block of Stockton Street, and an attempt at BMO Bank on Columbus Avenue, authorities said.—
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The Frenchman has been nothing like the same marauding threat since then.—
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Keith Michael Lisa, 51, of Barnegat, was charged with possession of a dangerous weapon in a federal facility and depredation of federal property, Habba announced Tuesday.—
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Federal wildlife agents confirmed the two depredation events, which took place Friday and Saturday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.—
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“Sacking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacking. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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