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
Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator; and shouting 'Stop thief!' with all his might, made off after him, book in hand.
From Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator, and, shouting "Stop thief!" with all his might, made off after him, book in hand.
From Ten Boys from Dickens by George Alfred Williams
We watched for several following nights, but if Master Bruin had been the depredator, he was too wary to repeat his visits.
From With Axe and Rifle by H. Meyer
By themselves both Hakim Khan and the Kirghiz depredator were beneath contempt; but with an enemy established on the soil of the country, they assumed a too clear and mischievous importance.
From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger
