depredation

Example Sentences

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Of course, it was obvious from the beginning that he saw his mission to protect Trump from the alleged depredations of the "swamp" that was out to get him.

From Salon

In it, Congress “recognizes that there have been years of official depredations, ill-conceived policies, and the breaking of covenants by the Federal Government regarding Indian tribes.”

From Washington Post

It was later determined that no depredation permit was issued.

From Los Angeles Times

“Fox & I” will appeal to those who despair about human depredation of the natural world and sense climate change as the looming, existential threat to life.

From Washington Post

Because our literary grappling with that crisis, and of mass species extinction and other related offshoots of human depredations on the natural world, is a direct engagement with the real.

From Los Angeles Times