depredation

Example Sentences

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It is in the interest of the free world, including the U.S., that India become better able to defend itself against Chinese depredation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

An emerging bright spot for Latin America could be Argentina, whose stocks are excluded from most indexes after years of economic depredation.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Owners of pets or livestock that are threatened or killed by cougars can get a depredation permit to destroy the predator.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024

Kandula faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a felony charge of depredation of government property.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

The illusions to which the spirit of rapine is so much exposed may give birth to an enterprize of depredation; apprehensions of any such event entertained here would necessarily give birth to preparations of defence.

From A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors by which Public and Private Property and Security are, at Present, Injured and Endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for their Prevention by Colquhoun, Patrick