DEPREDATION


Meaning of DEPREDATION in English

n. (usu. in pl.) 1 despoiling, ravaging, or plundering. 2 an instance or instances of this.

[ F déprédation f. LL depraedatio (as DE-, praedatio -onis f. L praedari plunder) ]

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