depredator

Example Sentences

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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

The depredator was still brandishing the miserable instrument, which he had borrowed for the occasion of the fellow who cut the company's hair in the "Owl House."

From The Drummer Boy by Trowbridge, J. T. (John Townsend)

It was against the grain to condemn her as all bad, a depredator, a woman with perverted moral sense who broke the law and did evil things.

From The Passenger from Calais by Griffiths, Arthur

We watched for several following nights, but if Master Bruin had been the depredator, he was too wary to repeat his visits.

From With Axe and Rifle by Meyer, H.