sack-v; 5 Senses

Sense Number 1: Plunder a town or city after capture.

Examples:
The barbarians sacked Rome.
The French sacked the town in 1485.
In 1656 Swedish troops sacked the town during the Northern Wars.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: sack.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Terminate the employment or existence of.

Examples:
They're going to sack this plan in favor of a simpler one.
The boss sacked her secretary yesterday.
The company plans to sack 25% of its workers.
The tobacco company had sacked the worker because it alleged he had
been accessing pornography via the company's Internet.

Mappings:
VerbNet: fire-10.10
FrameNet: Firing
PropBank: sack.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Make as a net profit.

Commentary: INCLUDES: SACK UP

Examples:
The company sacked over a million last year.
Small companies can still sack up big earnings.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sack_up 1

Sense Number 4: Put in a sack.

Examples:
The grocer sacked the onions.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: SACK OUT: Go to bed.

Examples:
I usually sack out around 9pm.
All the children sacked out early last night.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
sack_out 1