depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator; and shouting 'Stop thief!' with all his might, made off after him, book in hand.

From Oliver Twist by Dickens, Charles

When the dog is first aware of the neighbourhood of the bear, he sets up a fearful howl, and men and dogs hasten to hunt down and destroy the depredator.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

This course punishes the innocent and rewards the guilty, because the property taken by the depredator is of more value than the slight percentage he loses.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

While it was admitted that "his competitor had imitated some single thoughts of the ancients," Philips was held up as a wholesale depredator.

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander