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depredation Definition


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depredation
noun
    1. Damage, destruction or violent robbery.
      Thesaurus: theft, robbery, pillage, raiding, marauding, looting, plunder, ransacking, destruction, devastation, laying waste, despoliation.
      Form: depredations (often)
Etymology: 15c: from Latin depraedatio, from praedari to plunder.



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