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depredationdep‧re‧da‧tion /ˌdeprəˈdeɪʃən/ noun [countable usually plural] formal depredationOrigin: 1400-1500 French déprédation, from Latin depraedari ‘to steal and destroy’ - 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 |