saquear

v.

1 to sack.

2 to loot (tienda).

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saquear

► verbo transitivo

1 (casas) to plunder, pillage; (casas, comercios) to loot

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verb

to sack, loot

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VT

1) (Mil) to sack

2) (=robar) to loot, plunder, pillage

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verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot

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= pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.

Ex. And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.

Ex. Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.

Ex. During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.

Ex. The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex. English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.

Ex. But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.

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verbo transitivo <ciudad/población> to sack, plunder; <tienda/establecimiento> to loot

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= pillage, plunder, loot, despoil, rifle, buccaneer.

Ex: And when, finally, the heavily timbered ranges had been pillaged almost beyond repair, many lumbermen pulled stakes and pushed westward.

Ex: Close on such paradeground excitements comes the popular sport of plundering for projects.

Ex: During the invasion of Kuwait the majority of school, public, university and special libraries were looted or destroyed = Durante la invasión de Kuwait la mayoría de las bibliotecas escolares, públicas, universitarias y especializadas fueron saquedas o destruidas.

Ex: The main justifications, couched mostly in race-neutral terms, were that the squatters would increase crime, decrease property values, spread disease, & despoil the natural environment.

Ex: English, on the other hand, has been accused of waylaying other languages in dark alleys and rifling their pockets for loose vocabulary.

Ex: But both he and his brother Maurice had supported themselves for some years by buccaneering in the Caribbean Sea.

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saquear [A1 ]

vt

A ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder; ‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot

B (Chi fam) ‹equipo› to be biased against

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saquear (conjugate saquear) verbo transitivo ‹ciudad/población› to sack, plunder;
‹tienda/establecimiento› to loot
saquear verbo transitivo
1 Hist (una población) to sack, plunder: las tropas saquearon la aldea, the troops plundered the village
2 fig (desvalijar una tienda, una casa) to loot, rifle
'saquear' also found in these entries:
English:
loot
- pillage
- plunder
- ransack
- rifle
- sack
- ravage

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saquear vt

1. [ciudad, población] to sack

2. [tienda] to loot;

Fam [nevera, armario] to raid

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saquear

v/t sack, ransack

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saquear vt

: to sack, to plunder, to loot