Depredation
[,deprɪ'deɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛprə'deʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of depredating, or the state of being depredated; the act of despoiling or making inroads; as, the sea often makes depredation on the land.
Typist: Psyche
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Spoliation, rapine, robbery, theft, pillage, plunder, pilfering.
Checker: Merle
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Havoc, robbery, spoliation, plunder, trespass, invasion, encroachment
ANT:Pilfering, perquisite, abstraction, pocketing, restitution, compensation
Checked by Andrew
Examples
- The loss of the sovereign, from the abuse and depredation of his tax-gatherers, would necessarily be much greater. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Repeated depredations on the frontiers had exasperated the inhabitants to such a degree, that they determined on revenge upon every Indian. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- On they came to the portals of Kulonga's hut, the very one in which Tarzan had wrought his depredations. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I had often made depredations on these preserves; and the neglected state of the property facilitated my incursions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Roxanne