saccheggiare

Italian

Etymology

From sacco + -eggiare; cognate with Piedmontese sachegé.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sak.kedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sac‧cheg‧già‧re

Verb

saccheggiàre (first-person singular present sacchéggio, first-person singular past historic saccheggiài, past participle saccheggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to sack, plunder
  2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) to plagiarize

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Descendants

  • Catalan: saquejar

Further reading

  • saccheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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