sack

ot noun

1. 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). The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels. — McElrath.
2. The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city. The sack of Rome.
3. One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base. He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.
4. Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense5 below. He got the sack for being late all the time.

fe’l verb

1. To put in a sack or sacks. Help me sack the groceries.
2. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from. The barbarians sacked Rome.
3. To discharge from a job or position; to fire. He was sacked last September.
4. 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.