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Thesaurus: depredate

To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.

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  1. v. t. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
  2. v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
  3. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits. Bacon. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
  4. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; toprey upon.It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed anddepredated by the spirits. Bacon.
  5. v. t. To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon. v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.