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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Depredate

· Dep·re·date · IPA /ˈdɛpɹədeɪt/
01 v. t. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating
  1. 1.
    To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
    “It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.” — Bacon.
02 v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
  1. 1.
    To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.