Sack, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Sacking.] [See Sack pillage.] 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. Addison.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.