{
    "term": "sack",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "sack",
            "heSheIt": "sacks"
        },
        "pastSimple": "sacked",
        "pastParticiple": "sacked",
        "ingForm": "sacking"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to dismiss somebody from a job",
            "sensetop": "sack somebody",
            "labels": "(especially British English, informal)(British English)(British English)(British English)(especially British English)(Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)(British English)(both British English)(British English, informal)(British English, informal)(North American English)(North American English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was sacked for refusing to work on Sundays."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues", "Working life"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(of an army, etc., especially in the past) to destroy things and steal property in a town or building",
            "sensetop": "sack something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rome was sacked by the Goths in 410."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army rebelled and sacked the palace."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to knock down the quarterback",
            "sensetop": "sack somebody",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The quarterback was sacked on the 45 yard line, and it was first down for the other team."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæk/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sack__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæks/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacks__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sækt/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacked__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsækɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacking__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæk/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sack__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sæks/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacks__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/sækt/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacked__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsækɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/sack/sacking__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "verb sense 1 and verb sense 3 Old English sacc, from Latin saccus ‘sack, sackcloth’, from Greek sakkos, of Semitic origin. Sense 1 of the verb dates from the mid 19th cent. verb sense 2 mid 16th cent.: from French sac, in the phrase mettre à sac ‘put to sack’, on the model of Italian fare il sacco, mettere a sacco, which perhaps originally referred to filling a sack with plunder."
}