Depredate /(?)/
Dep·re·date
Depredate
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Depredated; p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating
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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.
Depredate
v. i.
- To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.