Usage Note
Saccheggio refers to the systematic pillaging of a place — a city, shop, or archive. The verb is saccheggiare. In modern usage it can describe figurative looting, such as the stripping of public resources: il saccheggio delle casse dello Stato.
Examples
"Il saccheggio del museo ha scioccato il paese."
Natural Translation
The looting of the museum shocked the country.
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