单词	depredation
释义	depredationdep‧re‧da‧tion /ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countable usually plural] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINdepredation Origin: 1400-1500 French déprédation, from Latin depraedari ‘to steal and destroy’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the depredations of war EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Hayes, however, took no action to end depredations against blacks who wanted to vote. He will not change and if permitted will repeat the same challenges and depredations in his neighborhood. Obviously no species could withstand such depredations for long, although the present losses of habitat may be considered even more serious. Settled land in Roman law was to a considerable degree free from the depredations of creditors. So, despite the great depredations of the slave trade, there was demographic growth. The deeper problems in the art market have to do with the depredations of the auction houses. The deer had become very numerous by this time in the New Forest, and there were numerous complaints about their depredations. They loot and impose depredations on the countries where they operate. an act of taking or destroying something
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