sack

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

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."

The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

"The sack of Rome."

To put in a sack or sacks.

"Help me sack the groceries."

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

"The barbarians sacked Rome."