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depredate

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dep·re·date  (dpr-dt)
v. dep·re·dat·ed, dep·re·dat·ing, dep·re·dates
v.tr.
To ransack; plunder.
v.intr.
To engage in plundering.
[Late Latin dpraedr, dpraedt- : Latin d-, de- + Latin praedr, to plunder (from praeda, booty; see ghend- in Indo-European roots).]
depre·dator n.
de·preda·tory (d-prd-tôr, -tr, dpr-d-) adj.


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