Depredation (noun)
dep-red-ay-shun
An act of attacking or plundering.
Late 15th century (in the sense ‘plundering, robbery’, (plural) ‘ravages’): from French déprédation, from late Latin depraedatio(n-), from depraedari ‘plunder’.
Example sentences
“Africa has been shaped forever by colonial depredation.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
