English-Dutch translations for sack

zak
Het is gemakkelijker om een zak aardappelen binnen Europa te verplaatsen dan een Europese burger. You can move a sack of potatoes around Europe more easily than a citizen can move. Laten we dus niet in zak en as zitten, gele kaarten in ontvangst nemen of in een depressie raken. Let us not therefore wear sackcloth and ashes, be issued with yellow cards or be depressed.
nest

ontslaan
Maar het ontslaan van de gehele Commissie zou evenzeer buiten proportie zijn. Equally, to sack the entire Commission would appear disproportionate. Het moet ook veel gemakkelijker zijn onbekwame en onbevoegde medewerkers te ontslaan. It should also be much easier to sack inefficient and incompetent employees. Goede interne controle en meer mogelijkheden om ambtenaren te ontslaan, zijn daarentegen noodzakelijk. Instead, there is a need for proper internal control and the ability to sack people more easily.
ontzetten
plunderen
royeren

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 plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city
Loot or booty obtained by pillage
One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base
Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as '''give the sack''or '''get the sack'''. ''See verb sense⁵ below.''
Bed; usually as '''hit the sack''or '''in the sack'''. ''See also''''sack out'''
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam
To put in a sack or sacks
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders
To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass
To discharge from a job or position; to fire
In the phrase '''sack out''', to fall asleep. ''See also''''hit the sack'''
A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry

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