DEPREDATE

depredate. Depredate, v. to rob, plunder, spoil, devour

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Dep″re‐date (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating (?).] [[L. depraedatus, p. p. of depraedari to plunder; de- + praedari to plunder, praeda plunder, prey. See Prey.]] 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.