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Meanings of
depredation
in English
Portuguese
depredação
Catalan
depredació
Back to the meaning
An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding.
predation
Portuguese
depredação
(Usually plural) a destructive action.
ravage
Usage of
depredation
in English
1
The clematis root disease is the
depredation
of a nematode or eel-worm.
2
From that period, the scourge of Norman
depredation
became gradually less felt.
3
But even cottage property scarcely seems safe from legislative
depredation
now, sir.
4
Fourth and fifth fingers on right hand missing, probably rodent
depredation
.
5
His
depredation
involved him in no suspicion; his changing features rendered recognition impossible.
6
The practice of living by
depredation
runs in families, and clings to individuals.
7
His estate was ravaged, and subjected to constant waste and
depredation
.
8
Brigandage has involved a great deal of
depredation
upon foreign interests.
9
War, however, may become a less losing business than unresisted
depredation
.
10
The altar still remains pretty perfect notwithstanding the ravages of time and wanton
depredation
.
11
Here alone was disclosed evidence in plenty of deliberate purpose, of skilfully planned
depredation
.
12
By this untimely
depredation
they plundered the owner of his property, without enriching themselves.
13
I tried to be faithful to our articles of
depredation
;
but there came a limit.
14
Mr. Mickley himself intimated that he suspected the quarter from which the
depredation
had come.
15
That is, if Shekels is out on
depredation
and I can't get hold of him.
16
Tell us, please, how many to-day did you thus incite to future laziness and
depredation
?
Other examples for "depredation"
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About this term
depredation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
latest depredation
capitalist depredation
commit no depredation
considerable depredation
environmental depredation
More collocations
Translations for
depredation
Portuguese
depredação
Catalan
depredació
predació
Depredation
through the time
Depredation
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common