Defn: To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
DEPREDATION
Dep`re*da"tion, n. Etym: [L. depraedatio: cf. F. déprédation.]
Defn: 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.
DEPREDATOR
Dep"re*da`tor, n. Etym: [L. depraedator.]
Defn: One who plunders or pillages; a spoiler; a robber.
DEPREDATORY
Dep"re*da`to*ry, a.
Defn: Tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion.
DEPREDICATE
De*pred"i*cate, v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- (intensive) + predicate.]
Defn: To proclaim; to celebrate. [R.]
DEPREHEND
Dep`re*hend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deprehended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deprehending.] Etym: [L. deprehendere, deprehensum; de- + prehendere
to lay hold of, seize. See Prehensile.]