depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

The depredator has intercepted the rewards of toil, and marred the image of justice, and dimmed the lustre of faith in men’s minds.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

But if superior profits be a sufficient reason for continuing distillation, it is a reason that will justify the robber, the thief, and every other depredator upon the rights of others.

From Select Temperance Tracts by American Tract Society

It may easily be imagined, however, that depredations are often committed, without the possibility of redress, the depredator being unknown, or flying immediately towards the desert.

From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by Burckhardt, John Lewis

It would seem as if it was too well screened; it was in such a spot as any depredator would be apt to explore.

From Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz