PREDATION Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

predation

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Recent Examples of predation Unlike 12 years ago, predation isn’t centred on a minority; 11 different Premier League clubs have lost players to the ‘Big Six’ since the beginning of last summer. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026 The authors of the study stressed that predation is not their central concern. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 Calling that private equity predation requires ignoring most of the relevant facts. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026 Pictures of the Channel Islands in the 1980s, after an analogous period of protection from human and otter predation, show huge herds of black abalone, shell to shell, covering patches of the tidepool like floor tiling. — Literary Hub, 29 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for predation

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Melissa Farris, 41, of Elizabethtown, was arrested on federal charges of depredation against property of the United States and destruction of veterans' memorials, according to previous reporting.

— Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Aug. 2026
She was charged with depredation against federal property and destruction of veterans’ memorials.

— Liam Scott, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of depredation

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However, the present tax system does not encourage conservation but rather encourages spoliation of our environment through greed and profit based on an income tax system.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 5 May 2026
McGinnis’ lawyer said that was tantamount to spoliation — or destruction of evidence.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of spoliation

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Much of it can be subsistence looting, with people selling antiquities because their livelihoods have been disrupted by war.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Cabinet members reserve almost a fifth of the government’s vaccine stockpile for themselves, and the public reacts with mass looting and violent civil unrest.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

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Article continues below Unfortunately, a passing asteroid deposits a killer alien robot in their midst, and the soldiers must fend for themselves as this marauding mech stalks them with guns and lasers blazing.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 10 Mar. 2026
Rutter, the club’s record £40m buy from Leeds United, was an instant hit last season with insatiable work rate and marauding runs until an ankle injury ruled him out from March for the rest of the campaign.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026

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In Nolan’s telling, his deceit and plundering portend the collapse of the Bronze Age—a foreboding warning about greedy, fading empires that feels a little too relevant.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.

— Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of plundering

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Homer may have viewed Odysseus’s deceit and pillaging as glorious.

— Luis Parrales, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
Taking the Scenic Route Home After their successful sneak-attack pillaging of Troy, Odysseus’ comrade Menelaus (Jon Bernthal) and his men pack up and head back to Sparta.

— Whitney Friedlander, Vulture, 17 July 2026

Definition of pillaging

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To the family’s lawyer, Markus Stötzel, the case is a typical example of Nazi plunder in need of immediate restoration.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026
The second — a fastball Horwitz hit about 100 mph for a double to right field — was the start of a Pirate plunder at Sutter Health Park.

— Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 18 June 2026

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