Depredate

[deprideit]

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

(v. i.) To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.

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解釋/意思:

v.t. to plunder or prey upon: to rob: to lay waste: to devour.—ns. Depredā′tion act of plundering: state of being depredated; Dep′redator.—adj. Dep′redatory.

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