depredate

verb

Definition of depredatenext
as in to plunder

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for depredate
  1. plunder
  2. despoil
  3. pillage
  4. loot
  5. sack
  6. destroy
  7. maraud
  8. sabotage
Verb
  • Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • As noted recently by Deadline, other Chinese AI models continue to plunder IP, including MiniMax H3, which generated videos that violated studio brand safety standards 55% of the time when an image was used in a prompt.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of plunder
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  • One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
    — Stanley Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 10 Jan. 2026
Definition of despoil
Verb
  • The Digest Lawmakers in Italy are examining a new bill to create a committee that will research provenance and facilitate the restitution of art and cultural items pillaged by Nazis and Italian police between 1933 and 1945.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Shopkeepers who’ve found their livelihoods suddenly at stake wonder where the police were while groups looted and pillaged with impunity.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of pillage
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  • Rescue operations were complicated, with police firing tear gas at people who had begun looting neighboring shops, as officers sought to clear the area and provide access to emergency response teams.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Paris march began peacefully, a week after widespread rioting and looting during protests across the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of loot
Verb
  • Their chance to win the game on the snap from the 6 never had a chance as Mahomes was sacked.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The next possession ended in a three-and-out as Osborne was sacked for a loss of nine on 3rd-and-1.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of sack
Verb
  • Chemically destroying the channel in adult mouse osteocytes accelerated signs of aging far beyond the skeleton, affecting the brain, liver, and muscles.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The light generates highly reactive chlorine radicals that activate carbon atoms along the polymer chains without destroying them.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of destroy
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  • Meanwhile, the bubble wrap will be coming off against a marauding Denver defense.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Supposedly posing a threat to their idyll on the outskirts are various marauding splinter groups running amok through the barren wasteland of the American Mountain West.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of maraud
Verb
  • It’s designed to sneakily sabotage your property rights and your ability to receive public services.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The Tailor’s Wife/bullying local queen bee (Elizabeth Debicki) sets out to sabotage the romance.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of sabotage
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