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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

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

At the close of the war of 1812-15, the Dey of Algiers, believing the British navy had utterly destroyed that of the United States, sent out his corsairs to depredate on our commerce.

From Harper's Young People, August 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

In his report for 1887 he pays his respects to our enemies from "the northern and eastern borders"—the same hand that has continued to depredate until this day.

From Hunting in Many Lands The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club by Various

Just before the harvest season, it became palpable that this field, then waving with wheat, was depredated upon to a wasteful extent by some unknown subjects of the animal kingdom.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

It is a thing worthy of complaint when public charities, designed for the relief of the poor, are embezzled and depredated by the rich, and turned to the support of luxury and pride.

From From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" by Morley, Henry

Bull, now of Philadelphia, writes respecting the position of several boxes of minerals left in the Lyceum of Natural History, of New York, in 1822, which have, been sadly depredated on.

From Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

Depredā′tion, act of plundering: state of being depredated; Dep′redator.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

"Herein we describe, to our knowledge, the first recorded instance of a Burmese python actively defending a nest and the first record of a bobcat depredating a python nest."

From Fox News ● Mar. 17, 2022

Trapping and relocating bears has been a first option when the Wyoming Game and Fish Department has dealt with depredating bears.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 18, 2020

“They are depredating our deer population, killing livestock and attacking family pets,” they said in the memo.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2017

But wildlife advocates and animal rights groups contend the response to depredating wolves has become too heavy-handed.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2010

One plate was devoted to characteristic insects affecting oak, and another to those depredating upon hard pine.

From New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission by Ellis, DeLancey M.