depredate

English

Etymology

Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”).

Verb

depredate (third-person singular simple present depredates, present participle depredating, simple past and past participle depredated)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon.
    • Francis Bacon
      It makes the substance of the body […] less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.

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Verb

depredate

  1. second-person plural present and imperative of depredare
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