"depredate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛpɹədeɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depredate.wav Forms: depredates [present, singular, third-person], depredating [participle, present], depredated [participle, past], depredated [past]
Etymology: Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|depraedari}} Latin depraedari Head templates: {{en-verb}} depredate (third-person singular simple present depredates, present participle depredating, simple past and past participle depredated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. Tags: intransitive, transitive Related terms: depredation, predate, predation, predator, prey Translations (to ransack or plunder): грабя (grabja) (Bulgarian), плячкосвам (pljačkosvam) (Bulgarian), depredare (alt: 1) (Italian)

Inflected forms

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