What does "depredate" mean?
Depredate: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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