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Definition of Depredate
1. v. t. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
2. v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
Definition of Depredate
1. Verb. (transitive) to ransack or plunder ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) to engage in plundering ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Depredate
1. [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Depredate
Literary usage of Depredate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"O, to depredate on the commerce of the United States. Your lordship is pleased
to raise u discussion on the following statement made by me. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... tel the depredate. be ... To depredate, to spoil. ... take forcibly,to snatch,
to depredate. ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"B. uniformis prefers the acorns of biennials, but will depredate occasionally on
those of annuals ... B. obtusus is only known to depredate on hazel nuts. ..."
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