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

Chickens depredate warily about the doorsteps, and intent pigs emerge for plunder from the alleys.

From Last Words by Crane, Stephen

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

Not a thief or a robber can live or depredate among their tenants.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

Continuing, he charged the general with inciting his employés to depredate on the fences and fields.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 by Various