depredationn.

/dɛprɪˈdeɪʃən/

Etymology: < French déprédation, in 15th cent. depredacion (Hatzfeld), < Latin dēpraedātiōn-em plundering, noun of action < dēpraedāre : see depredate v.

a. The action of making a prey of; plundering, pillaging, ravaging; also, †plundered or pillaged condition (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun]

purchasec1325

ridding1347

riflinga1350

despoilingc1374

preya1375

spoilingc1380

pillagea1393

shavaldrya1400

destrition14..

pillingc1400

pillery1433

spulyieingc1440

rapinea1450

spoliationc1460

depopulation1462

spulyie1464

depredation1483

despoil1483

predationa1500

pilferya1513

pollinga1513

spoil1532

pilling and pollinga1535

pilfering1548

expilation1563

rapt1584

escheat1587

fleecing1593

spoilage1597

depilation1611

manubiary1616

pillaging1629

plundering1632

exspoliation1634

peeling1641

despoliation1658

plunder1661

plunderage1700

spoliage1806

despoilment1822

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 343/2 Somme..seyng his depredacion entryd in to his hows by nyght and robbed hym.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxvi^v By y^e depredacion & brennynge of our Manours.

1618 King James VI & I in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 58 Touching his [Raleigh's] actes of hostilitie, depredation, abuse..of our Commission.

1783 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 1 July Till the neighbourhood should have lost its habits of depredation.

1832 H. Martineau Ireland vi. 92 When he heard of the acts of malice and depredation.

b. Scots Law. (See quot. 1861.)

ΚΠ

1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 278 Depredation or Hership, is the offence of driving away numbers of cattle or other bestial, by the masterful force of armed persons..The punishment is capital.

c. An act of spoliation and robbery; plural ravages.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] > instance of

spoilingc1380

reifc1405

depredation1495

riflea1500

spoliation1800

spoilurea1918

1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 9 Preamble Robberies, felonyes, depredacions, riottes and other greate trespaces.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxviii. 55/1 In the depredations of the Danes.

1689 Declar. Estates Scotl. 7 An Effectual Course to Repress the Depredations and Robberies by the Highland Clans.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne vi. 169 Sterne truly resembled Shakespeare's Biron, in the extent of his depredations from other writers.

1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 202 Subject..to continual depredations at the hands of the Bedouins.

2. figurative.

†a. Consumption or destructive waste of the substance of anything. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.)

consuminga1398

consumptiona1398

devoration1528

devouring1577

consumation1586

obsorptionc1600

swallow1607

depredation1626

depastion1658

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §91 The Speedy Depredation of Air upon Watery Moisture, and Version of the same into Air, appeareth in..the sudden discharge..of a little Cloud of Breath, or Vapour, from Glass.

1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death Pref. sig. B2 The one touching the Consumption, or Depredation, of the Body of Man; The other, touching the Reparation, and Renovation of the same.

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋124 The deprædation of the strength, and very substance of our bodies.

b. plural. Destructive operations, ravages (of disease, physical agents).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > ravages

wastes1615

ravagea1627

ravagement1649

depredation1663

1663 A. Cowley Death Mrs. K. Philips 4 Cruel Disease!..the fairest Sex..thy Depredations most do vex.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋2 Peevishness..may be considered as the canker of life, that creeps on with hourly depredations.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxvii. 51 [They] perished..by the depredations of the lava.

Derivatives

depreˈdationist n. one who practises or approves of depredations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]

riflera1350

ravenerc1384

pillerc1385

preyerc1390

raptora1398

peelera1425

despoiler1467

spulyierc1475

pillardc1485

ruggerc1485

pollera1513

booty-fellow1530

spoiler1535

caterpillar1541

kitea1556

ransacker?1576

predator1581

lurdan1589

worm1591

scraper1598

pillager?1611

ravager1611

bird of preya1616

depredator1626

plunderer1639

expilator1658

shark1713

depredationist1828

spoliator1831

rapiner1843

ravisher1851

1828 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 581 The enemies of the people may be divided into two classes; the depredationists..and the oppressionists.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	depredation
释义	depredationn. /dɛprɪˈdeɪʃən/ Etymology: < French déprédation, in 15th cent. depredacion (Hatzfeld), < Latin dēpraedātiōn-em plundering, noun of action < dēpraedāre : see depredate v. 1. a. The action of making a prey of; plundering, pillaging, ravaging; also, †plundered or pillaged condition (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] purchasec1325 ridding1347 riflinga1350 despoilingc1374 preya1375 spoilingc1380 pillagea1393 shavaldrya1400 destrition14.. pillingc1400 pillery1433 spulyieingc1440 rapinea1450 spoliationc1460 depopulation1462 spulyie1464 depredation1483 despoil1483 predationa1500 pilferya1513 pollinga1513 spoil1532 pilling and pollinga1535 pilfering1548 expilation1563 rapt1584 escheat1587 fleecing1593 spoilage1597 depilation1611 manubiary1616 pillaging1629 plundering1632 exspoliation1634 peeling1641 despoliation1658 plunder1661 plunderage1700 spoliage1806 despoilment1822 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 343/2 Somme..seyng his depredacion entryd in to his hows by nyght and robbed hym. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxxvi^v By y^e depredacion & brennynge of our Manours. 1618 King James VI & I in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 58 Touching his [Raleigh's] actes of hostilitie, depredation, abuse..of our Commission. 1783 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 1 July Till the neighbourhood should have lost its habits of depredation. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland vi. 92 When he heard of the acts of malice and depredation. b. Scots Law. (See quot. 1861.) ΚΠ 1861 G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev. ed.) 278 Depredation or Hership, is the offence of driving away numbers of cattle or other bestial, by the masterful force of armed persons..The punishment is capital. c. An act of spoliation and robbery; plural ravages. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [noun] > instance of spoilingc1380 reifc1405 depredation1495 riflea1500 spoliation1800 spoilurea1918 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 9 Preamble Robberies, felonyes, depredacions, riottes and other greate trespaces. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xxviii. 55/1 In the depredations of the Danes. 1689 Declar. Estates Scotl. 7 An Effectual Course to Repress the Depredations and Robberies by the Highland Clans. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne vi. 169 Sterne truly resembled Shakespeare's Biron, in the extent of his depredations from other writers. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands vii. 202 Subject..to continual depredations at the hands of the Bedouins. 2. figurative. †a. Consumption or destructive waste of the substance of anything. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devouring (of fire, etc.) consuminga1398 consumptiona1398 devoration1528 devouring1577 consumation1586 obsorptionc1600 swallow1607 depredation1626 depastion1658 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §91 The Speedy Depredation of Air upon Watery Moisture, and Version of the same into Air, appeareth in..the sudden discharge..of a little Cloud of Breath, or Vapour, from Glass. 1638 W. Rawley tr. F. Bacon Hist. Nat. & Exper. Life & Death Pref. sig. B2 The one touching the Consumption, or Depredation, of the Body of Man; The other, touching the Reparation, and Renovation of the same. 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs ⁋124 The deprædation of the strength, and very substance of our bodies. b. plural. Destructive operations, ravages (of disease, physical agents). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > devastation or desolation > ravages wastes1615 ravagea1627 ravagement1649 depredation1663 1663 A. Cowley Death Mrs. K. Philips 4 Cruel Disease!..the fairest Sex..thy Depredations most do vex. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 74. ⁋2 Peevishness..may be considered as the canker of life, that creeps on with hourly depredations. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. ii. xxvii. 51 [They] perished..by the depredations of the lava. Derivatives depreˈdationist n. one who practises or approves of depredations. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun] riflera1350 ravenerc1384 pillerc1385 preyerc1390 raptora1398 peelera1425 despoiler1467 spulyierc1475 pillardc1485 ruggerc1485 pollera1513 booty-fellow1530 spoiler1535 caterpillar1541 kitea1556 ransacker?1576 predator1581 lurdan1589 worm1591 scraper1598 pillager?1611 ravager1611 bird of preya1616 depredator1626 plunderer1639 expilator1658 shark1713 depredationist1828 spoliator1831 rapiner1843 ravisher1851 1828 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 581 The enemies of the people may be divided into two classes; the depredationists..and the oppressionists. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1483
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