depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

By themselves both Hakim Khan and the Kirghiz depredator were beneath contempt; but with an enemy established on the soil of the country, they assumed a too clear and mischievous importance.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Boulger, Demetrius Charles

“Your Majesty may be the depredator to a much more serious extent, if you will condescend but to take the Countess’s heart along with you,” said the Colonel, with a grave smile.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 9 by Various