Sacked man stacked nothing inside (9)

I believe the answer is:

despoiled

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'sacked man stacked nothing inside' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'sacked man stacked nothing inside' is the wordplay.
'sacked man' becomes 'des' (I am not sure about the 'sacked' bit.).
'stacked' becomes 'piled' ('pile' can be a synonym of 'stack').
'nothing' becomes 'O' (looks like zero - 0).
'inside' is an insertion indicator.
'piled' placed around 'o' is 'poiled'.
'des'+'poiled'='DESPOILED'

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