saccheggiare
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom sacco + -eggiare; cognate with Piedmontese sachegé.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsaccheggiàre (first-person singular present sacchéggio, first-person singular past historic saccheggiài, past participle saccheggiàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to sack, plunder
- (transitive, figurative, by extension) to plagiarize
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of saccheggiàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: saquejar
Further reading
edit- saccheggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana