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Definition of Depredate

Depredate
Depredate Dep"re*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating.] [L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.] 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.
Depredate
Depredate Dep"re*date, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

Meaning of Depredate from wikipedia

- Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare "smash and grab" mission which has a specific purpose. Raiders do not capture...
- prayer, precarious pred- prey Latin praedari "plunder", from praeda "prey" depredate, predation, predator, predatory, prey prehend-, prend-, prehens- grasp...
- squirrels, shrews, rats, bats, muskrats and moles. It will also occasionally depredate smaller birds, especially when near sea-coasts and adjacent wetlands at...
- buzzards, despite up to several nestlings and fledglings being likely depredated by mammals. Common buzzards themselves rarely present a threat to other...
- carnivorous activity, such as eating dead alewives along lakes****s or depredating the nests of northern bobwhites. Nearly all cervids are so-called uniparental...
- Simon (January 2019). "Movements and dive behaviour of a toothfish-depredating killer and sperm whale". ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76 (1): 298–311...
- ideal conditions. Rodents should be kept away from the garden since they depredate the seeds either when still in fruiting plants within the carpels or from...
- "First description of a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) actively depredating an adult Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)." Western North American...
- a Canada goose refuge is too successful. Too many birds show up and depredate the crops of the farmers. Marlin observes the research work being done...
- P. lutaensis depredated by Platydemus manokwari...