depredate

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"Cats depredate and scavenge a large fraction of the species present across the range available in the landscapes they forage in," the authors write.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023

Bush asked if this man Blackman, who took out a commission in order to depredate and plunder, is still living?

From Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles by McElroy, John

They then go out and depredate the country.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Reed, Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett)

Fire-breathing, venomous once, they no longer now depredate our Flocks and meadows and woods, fields of golden grain.

From Erotica Romana by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

I have been told that superstitious thieves hang veils or kerchiefs before the picture in rooms where they depredate.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace