Etymology

depredate

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Today it means: To ransack or plunder; to prey upon. Full definition →

Latin depraedari
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  1. Latin · derived fromdepraedari
  2. English todaydepredate

Late Latin depraedari, depraedat-: Latin de- + praedari (“to plunder”).

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