Entry: depredation (n.)
In context: "'...bemoaning the depredation of the Swiss land...'"
Definition: The action of making a prey of; plundering, pillaging, ravaging; also, plundered or pillaged condition (obs.).
Other: Also:
depredationist (n.) one who practises or approves of depredations.
1828 J. Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 581 The enemies of the people may be divided into two classes; the depredationists..and the oppressionists.
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Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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