Depredation Definition

dĕprĭ-dāshən
depredations
noun
depredations
The act or an instance of robbing, plundering, or laying waste.
Webster's New World
A predatory attack; a raid.
American Heritage
Damage or loss; ravage.
American Heritage
Depredation is defined as taking things from others in an attack.
An example of depredation is the looting of a street during protests.
YourDictionary
An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Depredation

Noun

Singular:
depredation
Plural:
depredations

Origin of Depredation

  • From Middle French déprédation.

    From Wiktionary

Depredation Sentence Examples

  • Each farm was matched with a similar farm nearby without wolf depredation.

  • What does research on wolf depredation have to say?

  • The UK is seen globally as a soft touch and people will suffer almost any depredation to get into the country.

  • Phelim and his followers committed much depredation in Ulster on the pretext of reducing the Scots; and he attempted without success to take Drogheda, being compelled by Ormonde to raise the siege in April 1642.

  • Elizabeth at last authorized Sussex to take the field against Shane, but two several expeditions failed to accomplish anything except some depredation in O'Neill's country.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEP

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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