dep·re·date /ˈdɛprəˌdet/
(vt.)(vi.)掠奪,毀壞
Dep·re·date, v. i. To take plunder or prey; to commit waste; as, the troops depredated on the country.
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Dep·re·date v. t. [imp. & p. p. Depredated p. pr. & vb. n. Depredating ] 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.