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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 Stephen Crane

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 Thomas Wallace Knox

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 William Sleeman

They then go out and depredate the country.

From Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O by Thomas B. (Thomas Brackett) Reed

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 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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

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 Henry Morley

"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

Is it we who are indicting and arresting, or gleaning or depredating?

From Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac