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)

But when Will declared their intention of watching that night for the depredator, her anger vanished in fear.

From The Raid from Beausejour; and How the Carter Boys Lifted the Mortgage by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

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

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