"depredation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depredation.wav Forms: depredations [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|déprédation}} Middle French déprédation, {{der|en|la|depraedatio}} Latin depraedatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depredation (countable and uncountable, plural depredations)
  1. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (An act of consuming agricultural resources): autioittaminen (Finnish), hävitys (Finnish), опустоше́ние (opustošénije) [neuter] (Russian), по́рча (pórča) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-depredation-en-noun-N2J0QcH6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'An act of consuming agricultural resources': 95 5
  2. A raid or predatory attack. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (A raid or predatory attack): плячкосване (pljačkosvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), plyndring [common-gender] (Danish), plundering (Dutch), rooftocht (Dutch), ryöstäminen (Finnish), kifosztás (Hungarian), налёт (naljót) [masculine] (Russian), räd (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-depredation-en-noun-gs-pRcm2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'A raid or predatory attack': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: predation, predator, prey

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