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depredatory, a.|dɪˈprɛdətərɪ, ˈdɛprɪdeɪtərɪ| [f. L. type *dēprædātōri-us, f. dēprædātor: see prec. and -ory.] Characterized by depredation; plundering, laying waste.
1651tr. Bacon's Life & Death 38 That the Spirits and Aire in their actions may be the less depredatory. 1771Macpherson Introd. Hist. Gt. Brit. 29 The irruption of the Cimbri was not merely depredatory. 1799–1805S. Turner Anglo-Sax. (1836) I. iii. i. 149 More fortunate than their depredatory countrymen who had preceded them. |