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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dep·re·date /ˈdɛprəˌdet/
 (vt.)(vi.)掠奪,毀壞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dep·re·date, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dep·re·date v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ]  To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
    It makes the substance of the body . . . less apt to be consumed and depredated by the spirits.   --Bacon.