Depredate

[deprideit]

Definition

(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.

Typed by Evangeline

Definition

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.

Inputed by Henrietta