Dismissal from a job (7)

I believe the answer is:

sacking

(Other definitions for sacking that I've seen before include "Terminating a person's employment" , "Looting - coarse cloth - dismissal" , "Firing the coarse cloth" , "made of hessian?" , "P45" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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