depredator

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The great depredator of the environment is misery and poverty.

From Time Magazine Archive

The brute was a well known depredator among the herds.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

It is a great depredator in gardens, which it has been known to plunder of carrots, turnips, and maize—the stalks of which it cuts close down to the ground.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

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