depredate
verb (used with object)
to plunder or lay waste to; prey upon; pillage; ravage.
depredator
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a word derived from
depredate.
Example Sentences
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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.
From Time Magazine Archive
But when Will declared their intention of watching that night for the depredator, her anger vanished in fear.
From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
It would seem as if it was too well screened; it was in such a spot as any depredator would be apt to explore.
From Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
"By the by, Miss Buff, have you discovered yet the depredator of your poultry-yard?"
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
The depredator has intercepted the rewards of toil, and marred the image of justice, and dimmed the lustre of faith in men’s minds.
From Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau
