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• v  plunder (a town) after capture
  the barbarians sacked Rome
• v  terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• v  make as a net profit
• v  put in a sack
  The grocer sacked the onions
• s  having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence

• The other important agreement among the coalition partners was the decision to reinstate the judges Musharraf sacked.
• As both army chief and president, Musharraf suspended the constitution, sacked the Supreme Court bench, arrested opposition activists and muzzled sections of the media.
• He has since faced protests in support of the independent judiciary that he sacked, with white collar workers who benefited most from the economic reforms he passed taking .

• sack
• plunder
• displace
• fire
• give notice
• can
• dismiss
• give the axe
• send away
• force out
• give the sack
• terminate
• net
• sack up
• clear
• despoiled
• pillaged
• raped
• ravaged

• hire

News & Articles

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• Irish minister may be fired over anti-abortion vote in parliament
  It seemed certain that Irish Minister for European Affairs Lucinda Creighton would be sacked and expelled from the governing Fine Gael party if, as expected, she votes against the abortion bill later today.
  July 11, 2013 - Irish Central
• Manchester City's moves controversial, but based in logic
  There is a willful Luddism about English football and, at times, it's infuriating. When Manchester City sacked Robert Mancini toward the end of last season, it released a statement that, slightly foolishly, contained the word
  July 10, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Jonathan Wilson: Manchester City's moves are controversial, but based in logic
  There is a willful Luddism about English football and, at times, it's infuriating. When Manchester City sacked Robert Mancini toward the end of last season, it released a statement that, slightly foolishly, contained the word
  July 10, 2013 - Sports Illustrated

Quotes

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• Sir Alex Ferguson in International Herald Tribune
  It's absolutely ridiculous,Ferguson said. "Managers get sacked because of things like that and he's going to referee a game next week. He's not doing his job properly and he needs to be assessed. I'm assessed as a manager, players are...
• Dave Whelan in Times Online
  We have to follow the rules and regulations, which means we will have to give him 14 days' notice that his contract will be cancelled,Dave Whelan, the Wigan chairman, said. "He is absolutely sacked - we will not tolerate football players...