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Given the sack? (8)

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pillaged

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'given the sack?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'sack?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'sack?' could be 'pillage' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'pillage' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for pillaged that I've seen is " Sacked".)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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