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Dictionary: dep·re·date   (dĕp'rĭ-dāt') pronunciation
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v., -dat·ed, -dat·ing, -dates.

v.tr.
To ransack; plunder.

v.intr.
To engage in plundering.

[Late Latin dēpraedārī, dēpraedāt- : Latin dē-, de- + Latin praedārī, to plunder (from praeda, booty).]

depredator dep're·da'tor n.
depredatory de·pred'a·to'ry (dĭ-prĕd'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē, dĕp'rĭ-də-) adj.

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verb

    To rob of goods by force, especially in time of war: despoil, havoc, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, rape, ravage, sack, spoliate, strip. Archaic harrow, spoil. See crimes, give/take/reciprocity.

 
 
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